SM2+在兩棲動(dòng)物保護(hù)中的應(yīng)用
Abstract
As cities adopt mandates to protect, maintain and restore urban biodiversity, the need for urban ecology studies grows. Species-specific information on the effects of urbanization is often a limiting factor in designing and implementing effective biodiversity strategies. In suburban and exurban areas, amphibians play an important social-ecological role between people and their envi ronment and contribute to ecosystem health. Amphibians are vulnerable to threats and imbalances in the aquatic and terrestrial environment due to a biphasic lifestyle, making them excellent indicators of local environmental health. We developed a citizen science program to systematically monitor amphibians in a large city in Alberta, Canada, where 90% of pre-settlement wetlands have been removed and human activities continue to degrade, alter, and/or fragment remaining amphibian habitats. We demonstrate successes and challenges of using publicly collected data in biodiversity monitoring. Through amphibian monitoring, we show how a citizen science program improved ecological knowledge, engaged the public in urban biodiversity monitoring and improved urban design and planning for biodiversity. We outline lessons learned to inform citizen science program design, including the importance of early engagement of decision makers, quality control assessment, assessing tensions in program design for data and public engagement goals, and incorporating conservation messaging into programming.
摘要：
隨著城市采取保護(hù)、維護(hù)和恢復(fù)城市生物多樣性的任務(wù)，對城市生態(tài)學(xué)研究的需求也在增長。關(guān)于城市化影響的物種特定信息往往是設(shè)計(jì)和實(shí)施有效生物多樣性戰(zhàn)略的限制因素。在郊區(qū)和遠(yuǎn)郊地區(qū)，兩棲動(dòng)物在人與環(huán)境之間發(fā)揮著重要的社會(huì)生態(tài)作用，對生態(tài)系統(tǒng)健康做出了貢獻(xiàn)。由于雙相生活方式，兩棲動(dòng)物容易受到水生和陸地環(huán)境的威脅和不平衡，這使它們成為當(dāng)?shù)丨h(huán)境健康的極好指標(biāo)。我們制定了一項(xiàng)公民科學(xué)計(jì)劃，對加拿大阿爾伯塔省一個(gè)大城市的兩棲動(dòng)物進(jìn)行系統(tǒng)監(jiān)測，該城市90%的定居前濕地已被移除，人類活動(dòng)繼續(xù)退化、改變和/或破壞剩余的兩棲動(dòng)物棲息地。我們展示了在生物多樣性監(jiān)測中使用公開收集的數(shù)據(jù)的成功和挑戰(zhàn)。通過兩棲動(dòng)物監(jiān)測，我們展示了公民科學(xué)計(jì)劃如何提高生態(tài)知識，讓公眾參與城市生物多樣性的監(jiān)測，以及如何改進(jìn)城市的生物多樣性設(shè)計(jì)和規(guī)劃。我們概述了為公民科學(xué)項(xiàng)目設(shè)計(jì)提供信息的經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)，包括決策者早期參與的重要性、質(zhì)量控制評估、評估數(shù)據(jù)和公眾參與目標(biāo)項(xiàng)目設(shè)計(jì)中的緊張局勢，以及將保護(hù)信息納入規(guī)劃。
關(guān)鍵詞：SM2+，聲學(xué)記錄器，野生動(dòng)物監(jiān)測，動(dòng)物聲學(xué)記錄，Wildlife Acoustics聲學(xué)記錄器，Song Meter 2+
