Land-use option conservation: Habitat requirements for wetland species in Europe

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Land-use option conservationHabitat
requirements for wetland species in Europe

• Kerstin Jantke
• Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change
• University of Hamburg

http//www.naturfoto-cz.de
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Outline

• Research topic and questions
• Methods and intermediate results
• Current work / problems
• Outlook

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Research Topic

• FASOM model
• Economic optimization of land allocation

Bioenergy/ biomaterial plantations
Traditional agriculture and forestry

• Habitat requirement
• Habitat potential

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Research Questions

• How much wetland area is required for
  biodiversity conservation in Europe?
• Where should this area be located?
• How should it be composed?
• After implementation into FASOM-model
• estimate the costs of wetland habitat protection
• explore synergies and tradeoffs between
  biodiversity policies and other policies that
  affect land use (e.g. climate or energy
  policies)

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Methods

• 1. Representation ? Place prioritization
  algorithms
• 2. Persistence ? Population Viability
  Assessments

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Methods Representation

• Vertebrate species as surrogates for biodiversity
• Habitats Directive (Annex II) Birds Directive
  (Annex I)
• 16 amphibians
• 4 reptiles
• 9 mammals
• 43 birds
• Place prioritization ResNet and Marxan

72 wetland species of European conservation
concern
Atlas data
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Results Representation
Representation target 10


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Results Representation
10 representations of each species
(nSpecies72)
151 cells selected (nCells2016)
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Results Representation
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Selected cells for representation target 10
Ramsar wetlands (gt 1.000 ha)
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Selected cells for representation target 10
Selected cells for representation target 10
(including Ramsar wetlands)
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Next step Persistence
Species Group MVP size1
Long-lived/large vertebrates 120
Middle-long lived/medium sized vertebrates 200
Short-lived/small vertebrates 200
1 numbers of pairs/territories/families
(adapted from Verboom et al. 2001)
Habitat areamin MVP size/colonization density
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Next step Persistence
Habitat areamin MVP size/colonization density
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Next step Persistence

• Species Habitat Mapping
• Habitat Classification
• (C. Schleupner)
• 1. Mires
• 1.1 Bogs
• 1.2 Fens
• 2. Wet forests
• 2.1 Alluvial Forests
• 2.2 Swamp Forests
• 3. Natural Grasslands
• 4. Open waters

x necessary / optional
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Outlook Linkage of Representation and
Persistence
Grassland
Wet forest
Habitat areamin
Mires
Representation target
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Outlook Integration in land-use model
Cost
Habitat requirement for each habitat type in
hectares per country
FASOM-Model
Representation target
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Thank you for your attention!