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{"title":"How nature experience and nature connectedness matter to school students' attitudes towards biodiversity","authors":"Sam S.S. Lau ,&nbsp;Regene P.W. Choi ,&nbsp;Alan Reid","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111493","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111493","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Childhood nature experience and nature connectedness are crucial for promoting children's conservation willingness. However, the effects of childhoods spent in densely populated cities are relatively underexplored, particularly those growing up in the world's ‘Valeriepieris circle’ where the majority of the world's population reside. To address this gap, we investigated human-nature relationships among school students in Hong Kong, a global city dominated by high-rise living near the circle's epicentre. Study 1 (<em>N</em> = 200) examined how childhood experiences influence pro-environmental and pro-biodiversity attitudes. Results indicate nature connectedness, but not nature experience, is positively associated with pro-environmental beliefs. Higher affective attitudes towards biodiversity were also associated with lived experience with wild animals, but not nature experience more broadly. Building on Study 1's findings, Study 2 (<em>N</em> = 133) examined students' affective attitudes towards various animal species. Logistic regression suggests: lived experience, knowledge, aesthetic appeal, and flagship species, were significant predictors of positive affective attitudes. Our findings underscore the role of childhood authentic lived experiences with wildlife and nature connectedness in influencing affective attitudes towards biodiversity of children growing up in cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111493"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145107206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond flower strips – restoring biodiversity needs more landscape heterogeneity","authors":"Teja Tscharntke ,&nbsp;Nicole Beyer ,&nbsp;Marco Ferrante ,&nbsp;Annika L. Hass ,&nbsp;Wiebke Kämper ,&nbsp;Carolina Ocampo-Ariza ,&nbsp;Bea Maas ,&nbsp;Stefan Schüler ,&nbsp;Elena Velado-Alonso ,&nbsp;Mina Anders ,&nbsp;Isabelle Arimond ,&nbsp;Olivia Bernhardsson ,&nbsp;Kathrin Czechofsky ,&nbsp;Ira Hannappel ,&nbsp;Ines Heyer ,&nbsp;Menko Koch ,&nbsp;Ricarda Koch ,&nbsp;Alfred Kok ,&nbsp;Kyra Zembold ,&nbsp;Qian Zhang ,&nbsp;Catrin Westphal","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111474","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111474","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Restoring biodiversity in agricultural landscapes requires non-crop habitats that provide complementary and additional resources to those provided by agricultural land. In the European Union, flower strips have become the most popular restoration measure in the last decade, due to their esthetic value, benefits for flower visitors and fast implementation. However, the overreliance on annual flower strips rather than on landscape-wide habitat diversity undermines the agri-environmental goal of a heterogeneous landscape promoting multitaxa biodiversity. Annual flower strips support only a limited spectrum of plant and animal species and we argue that successful biodiversity conservation needs many types of habitats, such as diversified and small-scale croplands in combination with annual, perennial and woody semi-natural terrestrial habitats as well as running and stagnant freshwater bodies. Spatial and temporal habitat heterogeneity and resource continuity allows for spillover across multiple habitat types, meta-community dynamics, high beta diversity and the provision of major ecosystem services such as crop pollination and biological pest control. Implementation of agri-environmental schemes should be more diversified and broadened from the field and farm to the landscape level, based on collaboration of farmers and other stakeholders. We need to foster socio-ecological multifunctionality in biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes characterized by diversified and small-scale farming as well as restoration of at least 20 % semi-natural habitat.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111474"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145060873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contrasting effects of wind farm disturbances on multi-dimensional competition and coexistence of sympatric mesocarnivores","authors":"Mingshuo Qin ,&nbsp;Wenhong Xiao ,&nbsp;Xinyue Xia ,&nbsp;Kai Xu ,&nbsp;Dazhao Song ,&nbsp;Zhishu Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111458","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111458","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wind power generation is expanding rapidly as a sustainable energy development solution to mitigate climate change. However, a significant knowledge gap remains regarding the impacts of wind farm (WF) development on wildlife, particularly how different species respond to the disturbance from WFs. To address this, we used camera-trapping surveys and fecal-DNA metabarcoding data collected from both WF and non-WF areas. We aimed to investigate the multi-dimensional effects of WF disturbances on the competition and coexistence between two key mesocarnivores, red foxes (<em>Vulpes vulpes</em>) and Pallas's cats (<em>Otocolobus manul</em>) in the Hexi Corridor, Northwest China. Given their distinct ecological characteristics and responses to human disturbances, we hypothesized that WF disturbances would differentially affect both species across spatial, temporal and diet niche dimensions. As expected, WF disturbances diminished prey availability and increased trophic niche overlap. Temporal niches playing a crucial role in facilitating coexistence through Pallas's cats shifting their daily activity patterns to reduce overlap with human activity. Despite significant differences in habitat preferences, spatial niche overlap between the two species remained similar across WF and non-WF areas, likely due to prey availability and livestock distribution. Our results highlight the complex interplay of spatial, temporal, and trophic niche dimensions in mitigating competition and promoting coexistence among sympatric carnivore species. Our findings provide guidance for balancing renewable energy goals with biodiversity conservation, emphasizing the importance of habitat preservation, prey management, and WF placement strategies during WF development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111458"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Red kite (Milvus milvus) collision risk is higher at wind turbines with larger rotors and lower clearance, evidenced by GPS tracking","authors":"Jan Škrábal ,&nbsp;Maximilian Raab ,&nbsp;Rainhard Raab ,&nbsp;Martin U. Grüebler ,&nbsp;Urs G. Kormann ,&nbsp;Patrick Scherler ,&nbsp;Petra Sumasgutner ,&nbsp;Susanne Åkesson ,&nbsp;Ana Bermejo ,&nbsp;Nayden Chakarov ,&nbsp;Wolfgang Fiedler ,&nbsp;Alfonso Godino ,&nbsp;László Haraszthy ,&nbsp;Katharina Klein ,&nbsp;Martin Kolbe ,&nbsp;Ivan Literák ,&nbsp;Kerstin Mammen ,&nbsp;Ubbo Mammen ,&nbsp;Jean-Yves Paquet ,&nbsp;Thomas Pfeiffer ,&nbsp;Rainer Raab","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111482","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111482","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wind turbines are important for achieving renewable energy goals, but present a considerable threat to wildlife, especially birds and bats. This study reports 41 confirmed collisions of GPS-tracked Red Kites (<em>Milvus milvus</em>) with wind turbines across Europe (2017–2024). We compared environmental and turbine-specific factors during collisions and non-collision movements within 500 m of turbines. Collisions occurred year-round, with the highest mean number of collisions per day during spring and autumn migration. Rotor clearance and diameter were significant predictors of collision risk: turbines with greater clearance exhibited lower probabilities of collision, likely due to reduced overlap with typical Red Kite flight altitudes. Based on our model, a 25.5 m increase in rotor diameter was associated with a fivefold increase in collision probability; mitigating this risk would require increasing rotor clearance by approximately 19.3 m. Variation in collision probability was greater between wind parks than between individual birds. No significant effects were found for cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed, or turbine density within 500 m. Our findings suggest that turbines with rotor diameters ≤90 m and clearances ≥60 m may pose a lower relative threat to Red Kites.</div><div>Increasing rotor diameters without adjusting height restrictions reduces clearance and increases the risk of collisions. These results highlight the need for turbine designs minimizing overlap with bird flight heights and underscore the importance of legislative adjustments to height restrictions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111482"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are commercial wild-harvested plants just ordinary? Traits, harvesting patterns and conservation implications in France","authors":"Chloé Mouillac ,&nbsp;Aurélien Besnard ,&nbsp;Guillaume Papuga","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111480","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111480","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wild plant harvesting plays a significant role in daily life, with over 40,000 species having well-documented uses. However, its ecological impacts on wild-harvested plant (WHP) populations are often overlooked. This study provides a comprehensive assessment of commercial wild harvesting in France, exploring the factors that drive this practice and identifying knowledge gaps regarding conservation concerns. We analysed 692 commercially harvested wild plant species in Metropolitan France and Corsica, representing 12 % of the national vascular flora. Our assessment considered their phylogeny, distribution, harvested parts, uses, life forms, Grime's CSR strategies, conservation status, and regulatory measures.</div><div>Our findings highlight the taxonomic diversity of WHP, spanning 110 families (60 % of French vascular plant families) and 431 genera (33 % of all genera). Analyses reveal a weak phylogenetic influence on WHP selection, suggesting additional contributing factors to this selection. WHP are geographically widespread, with the highest diversity in the Alps and southern France. Ecologically, they reflect the broad characteristics of French flora in terms of life forms and CSR strategies. These results support the concept of a ‘harvesting syndrome’ driven mostly by species availability.</div><div>WHP can be harvested primarily for medicinal (37 % of WHP species), food (20 %), and craft (14 %) purposes, with destructive methods potentially used in 60 % of cases. Conservation analysis indicates that WHP are generally less at risk than the total flora, with 91 % classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, though more local conservation assessments are needed to address region-specific threats.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111480"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Environmental identities of college students reveal potential conflicts and common ground for wildlife conservation","authors":"Richard Von Furstenberg ,&nbsp;Lincoln R. Larson ,&nbsp;M. Nils Peterson ,&nbsp;Kangjae Jerry Lee ,&nbsp;Victoria R. Vayer ,&nbsp;kathryn stevenson ,&nbsp;Stacy A.C. Nelson ,&nbsp;Jeremy Bruskotter ,&nbsp;Adam A. Ahlers ,&nbsp;Christine Anhalt-Depies ,&nbsp;Taniya Bethke ,&nbsp;Chris Chizinski ,&nbsp;Brian Clark ,&nbsp;Kiley M.D. Fryman ,&nbsp;Ashley A. Dayer ,&nbsp;Benjamin Ghasemi ,&nbsp;Larry Gigliotti ,&nbsp;Alan Graefe ,&nbsp;Samuel J. Keith ,&nbsp;Matt Kelly ,&nbsp;Kyle Maurice Woosnam","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111471","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111471","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>“Conservationist” and “environmentalist” are two prominent environmental social identities often perceived as conflicting, particularly on wedge issues like hunting. While these groups may hold differing philosophies, their beliefs could overlap, revealing opportunities for collaboration in conservation. We examined environmental identities among U.S. college students across 22 states (<em>n</em> = 17,203) from 2018 to 2020, assessing identity, wildlife values, and positions on polarizing issues. Students were classified into four groups: conservationists (8 %), environmentalists (9 %), pluralists (59 %) who expressed both identities, and eco-agnostics (24 %) who expressed neither. Environmentalists, the most diverse group demographically, exhibited mutualistic wildlife value orientations, while conservationists, the least diverse, expressed domination-centered value orientations. Conservationists broadly supported hunting and gun rights, while environmentalists favored animal rights. Despite these differences, both groups scored equally high on conservation caring, and all groups—including eco-agnostics—broadly approved of hunting for altruistic reasons (e.g., ecological benefits, reducing crop damage). Our findings highlight distinct yet overlapping environmental identities shaped by demographic and value-based factors. These identities, while appearing polarized, share relational values (e.g., conservation caring, altruistic motivations) that present opportunities for collaboration. Although based in the U.S., these findings have global relevance and reflect the impact of broader trends (e.g., urbanization) on shifting wildlife values. Understanding environmental identities offers a framework to align conservation efforts across diverse cultural contexts, promoting a more inclusive and unified approach to global conservation challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111471"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating ecological resilience into forest conservation planning to inform spatiotemporal prioritization","authors":"Chuandong Tan ,&nbsp;Qichi Yang ,&nbsp;Bo Xu ,&nbsp;Xiaoqi Li ,&nbsp;Xuefei Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111491","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111491","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forests, which harbor most terrestrial biodiversity, are increasingly threatened by climate change and chronic anthropogenic disturbances, with profound consequences of regime shifts. Although ecological resilience plays a critical role in sustaining forest persistence, it has not been adequately integrated into conservation planning to guide spatiotemporal priorities. Here, we propose a spatiotemporal prioritization protocol that integrates conservation value, cost, and ecological resilience to identify priority areas and determine the temporal urgency for forest protection, aiming to improve cost-effectiveness and outcomes of biodiversity conservation in dynamic environments. The protocol consists of six steps: (i) selecting and quantifying conservation features; (ii) evaluating conservation cost; (iii) measuring forest resilience using the temporal autocorrelation (TAC) of vegetation anomaly; (iv) assessing resilience trends by calculating the linear trends of TAC using the Theil-Sen slope estimator; (v) identifying spatial priority areas using Zonation by integrating conservation features, cost, and resilience; and (vi) determining temporal urgency for top priority areas based on long-term resilience trends. Using the Core Area of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area (CWMA) as a case study, we identified the top 30 % spatial priority areas, covering 1742.3 km² of persistent forest, within which 803 units (covering 631.2 km²) exhibited significant resilience decline, indicating an urgent need for intervention. Importantly, integrating resilience improves conservation coverage across most species. Our study emphasizes the significance of incorporating habitat resilience into forward-looking biodiversity conservation planning in changing environments and demonstrates the potential of resilience mapping in support this effort by informing spatiotemporal, rather than solely spatial, conservation prioritization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111491"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"High-intensity fish disturbance reduces ecosystem multifunctionality by diminishing planktonic bacterial diversity and network complexity","authors":"Shangsheng Sun ,&nbsp;Jianfeng Chen ,&nbsp;Qingyang Rao ,&nbsp;Yuwei Wang ,&nbsp;Ruyi Li ,&nbsp;Misha Zhong ,&nbsp;Yihan Wang ,&nbsp;Zengliang Jian ,&nbsp;Chaokun Wang ,&nbsp;Yafang Qin ,&nbsp;Yulian Chu ,&nbsp;Ping Xie ,&nbsp;Haojie Su","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111476","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111476","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Global environmental change threatens biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, yet the role of species interactions in buffering these impacts remains understudied. In freshwater ecosystems, small omnivorous fish can disrupt ecosystems through predation and nutrient excretion, which could provide models for human pressures on ecosystem structure and functioning. However, the effects of disturbance intensity, as represented by fish densities, on microbial community structure and ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) are not well understood. Here, we experimentally explored the impact of disturbance intensity using two small omnivorous fish species (<em>Misgurnus anguillicaudatus</em> and <em>Pseudorasbora parva</em>) on the species diversity, co-occurrence network complexity of planktonic bacteria, and multifunctionality of freshwater ecosystems. We found that high-intensity disturbances by the two fish species significantly reduced species diversity, network complexity and EMF, especially for the treatments involving <em>P. parva</em>. However, low-intensity disturbances led to a significant increase in EMF, supporting the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. In addition, the results of linear regression analysis showed that species diversity and network complexity of planktonic bacteria had significantly positive correlations with the EMF. Structural equation modeling (SEM) further confirmed that high-intensity fish disturbances indirectly reduced EMF by decreasing the diversity and network complexity of planktonic bacteria, whereas low-intensity disturbances primarily had direct positive effects on EMF. These findings underscore that protecting planktonic bacteria community structure is critical for sustaining freshwater ecosystems under anthropogenic pressures. We propose managing small omnivorous fish disturbance regimes to preserve microbial diversity and network complexity, offering a novel framework for interaction-oriented conservation in a rapidly changing world.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111476"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The last supper: Conservation implications of Sumatran rhinos selective foraging ecology","authors":"Try Surya Harapan ,&nbsp;Nurainas ,&nbsp;Rezi Rahmi Amolia ,&nbsp;Lisa Ong ,&nbsp;Dedy Surya Pahlawan ,&nbsp;Sukatmoko ,&nbsp;Rikha Aryanie Surya ,&nbsp;Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111479","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Centuries of overhunting and habitat loss have driven Sumatran rhinos (<em>Dicerorhinus sumatrensis</em>) to the brink of extinction, with the IUCN Red List estimating fewer than 30 mature individuals in the wild and only 11 in captivity. The scarcity of ecological research and the challenges of studying this critically endangered forest megaherbivore limit the effectiveness of conservation efforts. We conducted 28 h of focal observations on four Sumatran rhinos at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park to quantify their diet composition, feeding preferences, and foraging impacts in old-growth forest. Using a functional heterogeneity framework, we classified food resources into optimal, staple, buffer, and reserve categories based on preference ratios and availability. Sumatran rhinos were highly specialized browsers, feeding almost exclusively on the apical buds of dicot saplings. Of the 179 plant species from 45 families consumed, most belonged to optimal or staple categories, with limited use of buffer and reserve resources. Foraging impacts were less destructive than those of sympatric Asian elephants (<em>Elephas maximus</em>), with an estimated annual damage of ~7300 stem breakages—about one-fifth of the damage caused by an Asian elephant under similar conditions—and ~80,000 apical bud removals per rhino. These results emphasize the need to maintain diverse, structurally complex plant communities rich in optimal and staple resources when designing in-range captive breeding facilities and selecting post-breeding release sites. They also highlight the complementary ecological roles of Sumatran rhinos and other critically endangered Southeast Asian megaherbivores in sustaining forest ecosystem structure and function.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111479"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145050175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prioritising domestic locations for marine biosecurity management within a regional vessel network","authors":"Cal Faubel ,&nbsp;Oliver Floerl ,&nbsp;Kyle Hilliam ,&nbsp;Simone L Stevenson ,&nbsp;Eric A Treml","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111470","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111470","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Growing economic development is dramatically increasing international and domestic maritime trade. A network of vessel traffic facilitates this trade, but also the movement and introduction of marine invaders. Each vessel movement can transport organisms beyond their natural range, threatening destination ecosystems and economies. Understanding vessel movements is key to predicting and managing potential incursions and the continued dispersal of non-indigenous species (NIS). Here, we present a powerful, transferable framework for quantifying the relative likelihood of NIS incursion and vessel-mediated dispersal through international and domestic maritime networks. We used two proxies of potential NIS transfer, derived from the movements of commercial and recreational vessels. One for NIS movements via a ship's wetted hull surface area, and a second via ballast water. We demonstrate our framework with a case-study of New Zealand's marine transport system. Using network analysis, we quantified relative incursion likelihood for each site from 1) international and 2) domestic vessel arrivals. Lastly, we quantified the extent of ‘secondary exposure’ for sites one more stop downstream of the high-risk sites identified in 1 &amp; 2. Sites with the highest relative incursion likelihood were Auckland, Tauranga, Bluff, and New Plymouth. Several domestic sites were critical stepping-stone sites (e.g. Auckland and Tauranga) or local ‘spatial super-spreaders’ of NIS (e.g. Wellington, Lyttelton). We identified several locations experiencing elevated secondary exposure (e.g. Whanganui and Ravensbourne) – sites that may not be flagged by traditional biosecurity prioritisation approaches. This network-based approach is transferable to any jurisdiction with vessel data, to support NIS surveillance and pathway management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"312 ","pages":"Article 111470"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}