Landowner behavior can determine the success of conservation strategies for ecosystem migration under sea-level rise.

ABSTRACT: The human aspects of conservation are often overlooked but will be critical for identifying strategies for biological conservation in the face of climate change. We surveyed the behavioral intentions of coastal landowners with respect to various conservation strategies aimed at facilitating ecosystem migration for tidal marshes. We found that several popular strategies, including conservation easements and increasing awareness of ecosystem services, may not interest enough landowners to allow marsh migration at the spatial scales needed to mitigate losses from sea-level rise. We identified less common conservation strategies that have more support but that are unproven in practice and may be more expensive. Our results show that failure to incorporate human dimensions into ecosystem modeli

SUBMITTER: Field CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5576781 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature