Applying the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology to classify, describe, and map ecosystems based on regional data and Indigenous knowledge.

IF 5.2 1区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Alys R Young, Hugh F Davies, Margaret L Ayre, Alana Brekelmans, Brett A Bryan, Jane Elith, Kate Hadden, Mavis Kerinaiua, David A Keith, Donna L Lewis, Kinjia M Munkara-Murray, Sarah Ryan, Michaela Spencer, Emily Nicholson
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Effective ecosystem conservation for biodiversity and human well-being relies on accurate information. Consistent approaches to classifying, describing, and assessing ecosystems can improve understanding of ecological processes, threats, and management. We explored how the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Ecosystem Typology-a global classification framework based on ecosystem function-could support the development of a classification of ecosystems for the Tiwi Islands, Australia, by incorporating scientific information and Indigenous Tiwi knowledge to facilitate environmental management and conservation. We synthesized ecosystem information from previous research, field data, reports, and Tiwi knowledge authorities to develop a classification, descriptions, and a map of 14 terrestrial ecosystem types. These ecosystem types were defined and described based on ecological processes and were broader yet largely congruent with existing vegetation classifications. Including functional properties accounted for variation in the vegetation physiognomy exhibited by dynamic and disturbance-prone ecosystems, such as savannas. Because we considered Tiwi knowledge authorities and the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology, our inventory included ecosystem types that were typically omitted from previous classifications, which should allow for more comprehensive assessments and management. Relating the new ecosystem typology to the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology will facilitate comparisons among similar ecosystems, regarding, for example, effective threat abatement options. Describing the biota and processes opens new avenues for monitoring. More collaborative work is needed to explore how Western scientific ecosystem inventories operate alongside and in connection with management of Tiwi murrakupuni enacted by Tiwi people. Given the ongoing loss of biodiversity, ecosystem management must draw on information across domains, scales, and knowledge systems. We demonstrated an approach to this task and provided socioecologically relevant ecosystem information.

基于区域数据和土著知识,应用世界自然保护联盟全球生态系统类型学对生态系统进行分类、描述和绘制。
为了生物多样性和人类福祉,有效的生态系统保护依赖于准确的信息。对生态系统进行分类、描述和评估的一致方法可以提高对生态过程、威胁和管理的理解。我们探讨了国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)全球生态系统类型学——一个基于生态系统功能的全球分类框架——如何通过结合科学信息和土著提维人的知识来促进环境管理和保护,从而支持澳大利亚提维群岛生态系统分类的发展。我们综合了以前的研究、实地数据、报告和Tiwi知识权威的生态系统信息,开发了14种陆地生态系统类型的分类、描述和地图。这些生态系统类型是根据生态过程定义和描述的,范围更广,但与现有的植被分类基本一致。包括功能特性在内的植被地貌变化体现在动态和易受干扰的生态系统中,如稀树草原。由于我们考虑了Tiwi知识权威和IUCN全球生态系统类型学,我们的清单包括了以前分类中通常遗漏的生态系统类型,这应该允许更全面的评估和管理。将新的生态系统类型学与世界自然保护联盟全球生态系统类型学联系起来,将有助于类似生态系统之间的比较,例如,关于有效的威胁缓解方案。描述生物群和过程为监测开辟了新的途径。需要更多的合作工作来探索西方科学生态系统清单如何与提维人制定的提维murrakupuni管理一起运作和联系起来。鉴于生物多样性的持续丧失,生态系统管理必须利用跨领域、跨尺度和跨知识系统的信息。我们展示了一种方法来完成这项任务,并提供了社会生态学相关的生态系统信息。
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Conservation Biology
Conservation Biology 环境科学-环境科学
CiteScore
12.70
自引率
3.20%
发文量
175
审稿时长
2 months
期刊介绍: Conservation Biology welcomes submissions that address the science and practice of conserving Earth's biological diversity. We encourage submissions that emphasize issues germane to any of Earth''s ecosystems or geographic regions and that apply diverse approaches to analyses and problem solving. Nevertheless, manuscripts with relevance to conservation that transcend the particular ecosystem, species, or situation described will be prioritized for publication.
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