Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation

By D. Richardson, Jessica J. Hellmann, Jason S. McLachlan, D. Sax, M. D. Schwartz, P. Gonzalez, E. Brennan, Alejandro E. Camacho, T. Root, O. Sala and 12 more. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009

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Managed relocation (MR) has rapidly emerged as a potential intervention strategy in the toolbox of biodiversity management under climate change. Previous authors have suggested that MR (also referred to as assisted colonization, assisted migration, or assisted translocation) could be a last-alternative option after interrogating a linear decision tree. We argue that numerous interacting and value-laden considerations demand a more inclusive strategy for evaluating MR. The pace of modern climate change demands decision making with imperfect information, and tools that elucidate this uncertainty and integrate scientific information and social values are urgently needed. We present a heuristic tool that incorporates both ecological and social criteria in a multidimensional decision-making framework. For visualization purposes, we collapse these criteria into 4 classes that can be depicted in graphical 2-D space. This framework offers a pragmatic approach for summarizing key dimensions of MR: capturing uncertainty in the evaluation criteria, creating transparency in the evaluation process, and recognizing the inherent tradeoffs that different stakeholders bring to evaluation of MR and its alternatives.

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Social Psychology

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Considerations for restoring temperate forests of tomorrow: forest restoration, assisted migration, and bioengineering (2015, background): “(Richardson et al. 2009); conservation strat egy involving the translocation of species to novel ecosystems in anticipation of range shifts forced by climate change (Minteer and Collins 2010) TRANSLOCATION – any movement of a species from one location to another (Seddon 2010) TRANSFER – human-mediat”
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Building evolutionary resilience for conserving biodiversity under climate change (2010, background): “…extinction, and the option of assisted migration to alleviate these threats has been the focus of increasing debate (Hunter 2007; McLachlan et al. 2007; Grueber and Jamieson 2008; Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2008; Menges 2008; Ricciardi and Simberloff 2009; Richardson et al. 2009; Swarts and Dixon 2009).”
Conflicting values: ecosystem services and invasive tree management (2013, background): “Conversely, opponents of invasive tree removal may need to recognize that the positive aspects of invasive trees for some ecosystem services have to be weighed against the costs for other ecosystem services (Dudley and DeLoach 2004; Richardson et al. 2009).”
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Conservation biogeography – foundations, concepts and challenges (2010, background): “As in other spheres of conservation science (e.g. Richardson et al., 2009), but acutely so in this arena, protocols are urgently required to guide conservation planners in how to merge data and perspectives from a wide range of stakeholders in a transparent and objective fashion.”
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Animal Translocations: What are they and why do we do them? (2012, neutral): “Assisted colonization, also referred to as assisted migration (McLachlan et al., 2007) and managed relocation (Richardson et al., 2009) has been best defined as ‘translocation of a species to favourable habitat beyond their native range to protect them from human induced threats’ (Ricciardi &…”
Global change, global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions (2012, background): “Unless assisted migration is also used for native species (Richardson et al. 2009), these trends raise the prospect that both existing and new invasive species may be better able to shift their ranges to align with new climatic conditions, pre-empting and possibly precluding the establishment of nat”
Assessing the benefits and risks of translocations in changing environments: a genetic perspective (2011, background): “…there is also interest in using translocations to alleviate threats of detrimental environmental change including climate change (Hunter 2007; McLachlan et al. 2007; Grueber and Jamieson 2008; Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2008; Menges 2008; Ricciardi and Simberloff 2009; Richardson et al. 2009).”
Impacts of climate change on the future of biodiversity (2012, background): “In this increasingly hot debate, case-by-case decisions have been advocated, based on the balance between threatened status of a species and threat of that species for the recipient ecosystem, as well as the socioeconomic context in which conservation is taking place (Richardson et al. 2009; Dawson ”
Conserving potential coral reef refuges at high latitudes (2014, background): “Criticisms of this approach tend to highlight that given uncertain or low probabilities of persistent new populations establishing, and the high cost to conduct relocation programmes, the benefit is doubtful (Richardson et al., 2009).”
Adapting to climate change: a perspective from evolutionary physiology (2010, background): “Similarly, much attention is focused on assisted translocation (Richardson et al. 2009).”
Range-wide analysis of wildlife habitat: Implications for conservation (2010, background): “As species reintroductions are regarded as feasible management strategies (Richardson et al., 2009), the suitability of these areas to support giant panda populations should be evaluated in panda reintroduction viability assessments (Guo, 2007; Li and Denich, 2004).”
A compendium of essential concepts and terminology in invasion ecology (2010, background): “Alternatively, relatively minor changes could dramatically infl uence invasion probability if the system is positioned near the invasion cliff (Richardson 2009 ).”