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Stop ignoring map uncertainty in biodiversity science and conservation policy
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Jansen, J and Woolley, SNC and Dunstan, PK and Foster, SD and Hill, NA and Haward, M and Johnson, CR, Stop ignoring map uncertainty in biodiversity science and conservation policy, Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6 pp. 828-829. ISSN 2397-334X (2022) [Letter or Note in Journal]
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DOI: doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01778-z
Abstract
Halting the unprecedented loss of biodiversity is one of humanity’s greatest challenges. Area-based management frameworks, such as national parks or marine protected areas, are a popular tool to combat threats to biodiversity but require comprehensive information on the spatial distribution of biodiversity to properly instigate. Recent advances in observation technologies, data sharing and modelling techniques mean that comprehensive predictive maps of the distribution of species, populations, assemblages and bioregions can now be readily produced. However, despite ongoing discussion about the need to address uncertainty in species and biodiversity distribution modelling, and the effect that ignoring uncertainty may have on evaluating risk (and ultimately on conservation outcomes), the uncertainty of predictions is still inadequately communicated by the research community.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Letter or Note in Journal |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | species distributions |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Ecology |
| Research Field: | Ecology not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Marine systems and management |
| Objective Field: | Marine biodiversity |
| UTAS Author: | Jansen, J (Dr Jan Jansen) |
| UTAS Author: | Hill, NA (Dr Nicole Hill) |
| UTAS Author: | Haward, M (Professor Marcus Haward) |
| UTAS Author: | Johnson, CR (Professor Craig Johnson) |
| ID Code: | 150070 |
| Year Published: | 2022 |
| Deposited By: | Ecology and Biodiversity |
| Deposited On: | 2022-05-18 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-09-01 |
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