Umbrella species: critique and lessons from East Africa

By T. Caro. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Biodiversity and extinction (2007, unknown): “, 2005), umbrella species (eg, Simberloff, 1998; Caro and O’Doherty, 1999; Andelman and Fagan, 2000; Caro, 2003; Roberge and Angelstam, 2004; Bifolchi and Lode, 2005; Rowland et al., 2006), flagship species (eg, Simberloff, 1998; Andelman and Fagan, 2000; Williams et al.”
Conservation and climate change: Assessing the vulnerability of snow leopard habitat to treeline shift in the Himalaya (2012, unknown): “Umbrella species have been used in the past to prioritize areas for conserving the selected species and others sharing the same habitat (Branton and Richardson, 2010; Caro, 2003).”
Recommendations for Assessing the Effectiveness of Surrogate Species Approaches (2006, background): “... Garson et al. 2002; Mac Nally and Fleishman, 2002, 2004; Negi and Gadgil 2002; Ranius 2002; Ricketts et al 2002; Baldi 2003; Lawler et al. 2003; Manne and Williams 2003; Moore et al. 2003; Cardoso et al. 2004; Kati et al. 2004; Sauberer Summerville et al. 2004; Warman Ryti 1992; Launer and Murph”
The potential for large carnivores to act as biodiversity surrogates in southern Africa (2008, background): “However, although large mammal umbrellas have been eYcient in delineating East African reserves (Caro 2003), there is limited empirical support for protection of biodiversity by large carnivore umbrellas in general (Roberge and Angelstam 2004).”
Preliminary assessment of the flagship species concept at a small scale (2004, background): “Nevertheless, there are virtually no tests of whether umbrella species adequately protect large populations of background species (but see Berger, 1997; Caro, 2003).”
Usefulness of the Umbrella Species Concept as a Conservation Tool (2004, methodology): “Finally and most important, none of the studies listed in Table 2 (except Caro 2001, 2003) provides a direct evaluation of the basic assumption of the umbrella species concept, to show that the conservation measures directed at the umbrella species actually protect many other species.”
Habitat thresholds for focal species at multiple scales and forest biodiversity conservation - dead wood as an example (2003, result): “This approach is consistent with the concept of umbrella species (e.g., Fleishman et al. 2000, Caro 2003), defi ned as species whose conservation contributes to the protection of numerous naturally co-occurring species.”