Lecture 17, 29 Oct 2003 Chapter 8 (Reserve Design) Groves et al. (TNC 7-steps) Conservation Biology ECOL 406R/506R University of Arizona Fall 2003 Kevin Bonine

1.Reserve Design (CH8) -Thank Mannan 2. Groves et al Field Trip Recap. -Thank you cards 4. Return Exams -group discussion 5. Chapter 9 group presentations Monday 6. Projects and Public Display 7. Reading List -Other handouts or lists? 8. Syllabus Shuffle (Bob Steidl back one class) Reducing Global Warming:

Overview of Reserve Design Listed Species Reserve Readings for next week (SDCP):

Overview of Reserve Design Listed Species Reserve Readings for next week (SDCP):

Rattlesnake Fire, 1994 Field Trip Recap. Thank you cards 1 Cienega Creek Preserve 2 San Pedro Mannan external influences... 3 Chiricahuas San Pedro Cienega Creek Preserve

Return Exams group discussion

Chapter 9 group presentations Monday: 8 minute highlights presentation, + 2 min QnA (board, or overhead, or powerpoint [ late Sunday ]) Amy Tendick, Galia Bobman, Aurora Fabry-Wood, Leonides Corral Ben Joslin, Andrea Vasquez, Bridget Barker, Louise Misztal Christopher Deegan, Michael Gilliland, JD Friedrichs Dana Backer, Cori Carveth, Sarah Hartwell, Jenna Ramsey Erica Sontz, Meghan Jarvie, Ginny Newsome, Linh Nguyen Maeveen Behan, Justin Dodds, Lauren Merin Pages:

(15 minutes) Projects and Public Display Ideas… Reading List or other Handouts/Posters/Suggestions…

Groves et al TNC Seven Step Program: 1 Identify Conservation Targets 2 Collect Information and Identify Gaps 3 Establish Conservation Goals 4 Assess Existing Conservation Areas 5 Evaluate Likelihood of Persistence 6 Assemble Portfolio of Conservation Areas 7 Identify Priority Conservation Areas -Landscapes -Habitat Loss and Degradation -Scale, Ecoregions, Species and Ecological Processes -Focal Species -Management of Conservation Areas left until later

Groves et al Scale

1. Identify Conservation Targets -Biodiversity: 1. Composition 2. Structure 3. Function -Biotic and Abiotic (Surrogates) -Species, Communities, Ecosystems Threatened, Endemic, Focal, Keystone -Course Filter vs. Fine Filter -Data Availability

2. Collect Information and Identify Gaps -Data Land ownership, Human population, Biology, Ecology Gap Analysis Rapid Assessment, Pulse, etc. 3. Establish Conservation Goals -How much, where -Quality vs. Quantity -Environmental and Disturbance Gradients -Replication

4. Assess Existing Conservation Areas - Which components of conservation targets already protected? 5. Evaluate Likelihood of Persistence -Think long term -Incorporate Natural and Human Disturbances 1 Size 2 Condition 3 Landscape context processes, connectivity

6. Assemble Portfolio of Conservation Areas -What areas will be consistent with targets/goals -Based on size, or ownership, etc. 7. Identify Priority Conservation Areas -Resources (and sympathy) are Finite -Degree of existing protection -Conservation value -Threat -Feasibility -Leverage

Reserve Design (CH8) Habitat - physical and biological surroundings of an organism Landscape - Large area that comprises more than one type of habitat distributed in numerous patches -Fragmentation -Habitat Use -Temporal and spatial scales important - Succession Species vs. Process (practicality, ideal) p. 222 Management on Non-Reserve Lands.

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