The distribution of vascular plant species of conservation concern in Ireland,and their coincidence with designated areas |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA;2. School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;3. National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;4. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;5. Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins, University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;1. Volcano Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA;2. Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;1. Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan;2. The Microsoft Research - COSBI, Rovereto, Italy;3. Balaton Limnological Institute, Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, Hungary;1. School of Mathematics & Systems Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China;2. College of Science, Technology and Engineering, and the Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Protected areas (that are usually designated) play an important role in the effort to halt on-going losses of biodiversity. However, areas outside of designated sites for protection can also hold important elements of biodiversity, and knowledge of their distribution is necessary to ensure effective conservation strategies. We collated and mapped vascular plant distribution data for species of conservation concern on the island of Ireland. For the first time in Ireland, we extracted 6078 distribution records of 176 species of conservation concern and mapped them at the tetrad (2 km × 2 km) scale. We examined the extent to which tetrads with records of species of conservation concern overlapped with designated areas (Natura 2000, Natural Heritage Areas, Areas of Special Scientific Interest). A conservative estimate suggests that many of these tetrads do not overlap with designated areas (in the range of 22–40% for available records). The coincidence of records of individual species with designated areas ranged from 0% to 100% (mean = 79%). The mapped distribution data for all vascular plant species offers guidance to where additional recording may be helpful in supporting conservation activities. The analysis of the distribution of species of conservation concern indicates the importance of both designated areas and the (non-designated) wider countryside for biodiversity conservation. In particular the presence of species of conservation concern in non-designated areas highlights the need for conservation measures outside of designated areas. |
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| Keywords: | Agri-environment schemes Biodiversity Threatened Natura 2000 Protected areas Spatial targeting Flora |
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