Remotely Sensed Data Informs Red List Evaluations and Conservation Priorities in Southeast Asia.

ABSTRACT: The IUCN Red List has assessed the global distributions of the majority of the world's amphibians, birds and mammals. Yet these assessments lack explicit reference to widely available, remotely-sensed data that can sensibly inform a species' risk of extinction. Our first goal is to add additional quantitative data to the existing standardised process that IUCN employs. Secondly, we ask: do our results suggest species of concern-those at considerably greater risk than hitherto appreciated? Thirdly, these assessments are not only important on a species-by-species basis. By combining distributions of species of concern, we map conservation priorities. We ask to what degree these areas are currently protected and how might knowledge from remote sensing modify the priorities? Finally, we develo

SUBMITTER: Li BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4972393 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature