Scaling range sizes to threats for robust predictions of risks to biodiversity

• Published in: Conservation biology Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 322 - 332
• Main Authors: Keith, David A., Akçakaya, H. Resit, Murray, Nicholas J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Blackwell, Inc 01.04.2018; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Area; Assessments; Balances (scales); Biodiversity; Biota; Cells; Computer simulation; Dispersion; distribución de especies; Distribution; Distribution patterns; Ecosystems; Environment models; escala espacial; extinction; Frequency dependence; geometry; guidelines; IUCN Red List of Ecosystems; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; landscape modeling; Lista Roja de la UICN de Ecosistemas; Lista Roja de la UICN de Especies Amenazadas; Mathematical models; Measurement; modelado de paisajes; neutralization; Optimization; prediction; Predictions; Procedures; proceso amenazante; quantitative analysis; Risk; Risk assessment; Scaling; Sensitivity analysis; Shape; simulation models; Spatial analysis; Spatial distribution; spatial scale; species distribution; Species extinction; Threatened species; threatening process; Threats; Uncertainty; valoración de riesgo; 风险评估 ,IUCN 濒危物种红色名录, IUCN 生态系统红色名录,物种分布,胁迫过程,景观建模,空间尺度; risk assessment; species distribution; threatening process; landscape modeling; IUCN Red List of Ecosystems; Lista Roja de la UICN de Ecosistemas; spatial scale; valoración de riesgo; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; proceso amenazante; Lista Roja de la UICN de Especies Amenazadas; distribución de especies; 风险评估 ,IUCN 濒危物种红色名录, IUCN 生态系统红色名录,物种分布,胁迫过程,景观建模,空间尺度; escala espacial; modelado de paisajes

Assessments of risk to biodiversity often rely on spatial distributions of species and ecosystems. Range-size metrics used extensively in these assessments, such as area of occupancy (AOO), are sensitive to measurement scale, prompting proposals to measure them at finer scales or at different scales...