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Comparing IUCN and probabilistic assessments of threat: Do IUCN red list criteria conflate rarity and threat?

Robbirt, Karen M., Roberts, David L., Hawkins, Julie A. (2006) Comparing IUCN and probabilistic assessments of threat: Do IUCN red list criteria conflate rarity and threat? Biodiversity and Conservation, 15 (6). pp. 1903-1912. ISSN 09603115 (ISSN). (doi:10.1007/s10531-005-4307-2) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:33835)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-005-4307-2

Abstract

Estimates of threat form an intrinsic element of World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List criteria, and in the assignment of species to defined threat categories. However, assignment under the IUCN criteria is demanding in terms of the amount of information that is required. For many species adequate data are lacking. Further, many of the terms and parameters used under IUCN criteria are subjective and open to varying interpretations. During the last decade a number of probabilistic statistical models have been developed which use historical sighting data, such as herbarium and museum collections, to generate objective, quantitative inference of threat and extinction without the requirement for extensive formal survey procedures and where little or no other data exists. In this study these statistical models were applied to herbarium data for the genus Guzmania (Bromeliaceae) from Ecuador. The results suggest that, for species for which collection records are adequate, these methods can be of use in strengthening IUCN Red List assessment procedure. Further, these methods present a unique means of prioritising threat when few biological data are available. © Springer 2006.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s10531-005-4307-2
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: PY - 2006/// [EPrints field already has value set] AD - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AS, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] JA - Biodiversity Conserv. [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: Bromeliaceae, Extinction, Guzmania, Herbarium data, IUCN Red Lists, Rarity, Threat, endangered species, herbarium, historical record, plant community, rarity, Red List, statistical analysis, Ecuador, South America, Bromeliaceae, Guzmania
Subjects: Q Science
Q Science > QH Natural history
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH75 Conservation (Biology)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation > DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology)
Depositing User: David Roberts
Date Deposited: 20 Feb 2014 15:32 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:11 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/33835 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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