Limited reciprocal surrogacy of bird and habitat diversity and inconsistencies in their representation in Romanian protected areas

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 2; p. e0251950
• Main Authors: Geue, Julia C, Rotter, Paula J, Gross, Caspar, Benkő, Zoltán, Kovács, István, Fântână, Ciprian, Veres-Szászka, Judit, Domșa, Cristi, Baltag, Emanuel, Daróczi, Szilárd J, Bóné, Gábor M, Popescu, Viorel D, Thomassen, Henri A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 11.02.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Biodiversity; Biological diversity; Biological diversity conservation; Biology and Life Sciences; Biosphere; Bird populations; Birds; Birds - physiology; Breeding; Computer and Information Sciences; Conservation; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecology; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem; Environmental aspects; Evaluation; Evolution; Geographical distribution; Habitats; Heterogeneity; Management; Methods; National parks; Nature; Protected areas; Remote sensing; Romania; Species; Species diversity; Taxonomy; Wildlife conservation; Zoology; Romania; Ohio; United States > US; Black Sea; Germany

Because it is impossible to comprehensively characterize biodiversity at all levels of organization, conservation prioritization efforts need to rely on surrogates. As species distribution maps of relished groups as well as high-resolution remotely sensed data increasingly become available, both typ...