Management by proxy?:the use of indices in applied ecology

By Philip Stephens, Nathalie Pettorelli, Jos Barlow, Mark J. Whittingham, Marc W. Cadotte. 2015

171 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Citations in the corpus

Do occupancy or detection rates from camera traps reflect deer density? (2017, background): “Although the performance of indices such as detection rate or occupancy can be improved through refinement of study design, such as randomized camera placement (Rowcliffe et al. 2013) and index calibration (Stephens et al. 2015), their reliability in practice is still debated.”
Two roles for ecological surrogacy: Indicator surrogates and management surrogates (2016, background): “…remains despite 85 repeated critiques and attempts at standardization (e.g., Landres et al. 1988; Noss 1990; 86 McGeoch 1998; Simberloff 1998; Dale & Beyeler 2001; Niemi & McDonald 2004; Caro 2010; 87 Heink & Kowarik 2010; Pereira et al. 2013; Lindenmayer et al. 2015; Stephens et al. 2015).”
Experimental studies of dead-wood biodiversity — A review identifying global gaps in knowledge (2015, unknown): “…always be realizable at large spatial and temporal scales (e.g., Gossner et al., 2013b; Nordén et al., 2013) given the associated costs and commitments, observational approaches are often necessary (Stephens et al., 2015) and serve as the basis for many existing saproxylic conservation strategies.”
FORUM: Ecologists need robust survey designs, sampling and analytical methods (2015, background): “ties can undermine the entire scientific and management process, so clearly robust scientific methods are critically important (Stephens et al. 2015).”
Difficult decisions: Strategies for conservation prioritization when taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity are not spatially congruent (2018, background): “Further, biases may produce imperfect data that alter diversity estimates in non-random ways (Diniz-Filho et al., 2013; Stephens et al., 2015).”