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Effects of land ownership and landscape-level factors on rare-species richness in natural areas of southern Ontario,Canada 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Lovett-Doust J. Biernacki M. Page R. Chan M. Natgunarajah R. Timis G. 《Landscape Ecology》2003,18(6):621-633
Surprisingly few studies have considered the extent to which the nature of the ownership of land is associated with differences
in biodiversity. We analysed ownership and other landscape-level effects on rare-species richness for both globally- and regionally-rare
biota (including birds, herpetofauna, butterflies, mammals, and plants) in 289 designated natural areas (NAs) in southern
Ontario, Canada. Information about each NA −including area, number of plant communities, ownership status and details of species
diversity were collected from published sources. Length of perimeter of NA, relative isolation, and an estimate of fragmentation
were measured using image analysis and GIS techniques. NAs were in general relatively small, with mean area of 158 ha (median
85 ha, range from 0.9 to 1278 ha) for private NAs; public NAs had mean area of 132 ha (median 16 ha, range from 0.1 to 1481
ha). Mean number of plant communities was 4.6 (median 4, range 1- 13) at private NAs and 3.8 (median 3, range 1-16) at public
NAs. Our results show that, of several landscape-level factors, area had the greatest effects on rare-species richness and
other biotic indices. Effects of area were followed by effects of plant community diversity, however this was itself significantly
affected by area and the extent of perimeter of the NA. Both these factors were followed by effects of ownership of the NA
and by effects of isolation of the NA (represented by minimum distance to nearest NA and by number of NAs in 10 km radius).
Other landscape- level factors did not appear to have overall significant effects. Variation in area accounted for 0.1% to
29% of variation in number of rare species, with lower values for globally-rare, than for regionally-rare taxa. For all biotic
groups, public ownership of NAs was associated with significantly greater rare-species richness compared to private ownership,
even after other factors such as area were controlled. For all globally-rare biota except butterflies, area of NA had greater
effects on rare-species richness than did ownership. Richness of regionally- rare birds was more affected by plant community
diversity than by area of NA. Number of recorded plant communities accounted from 2.1% of variation in number of globally-rare
plant species to as high as 31% of variation in regionally-rare butterflies. The diversity of plant communities was itself
influenced by total site area (accounting for 45% of variation), extent of elongation of the NA, and both external- and interior-
edge perimeters. Public NAs had greatest numbers of rare biota and so should be a significant focus for conservation programs.
Smaller, privately-owned patches of natural area dominate (by number and area) in this densely populated region and their
significance should not be overlooked.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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