Biodiversity conservation in dynamic landscapes: Trade-offs between number, connectivity and turnover of habitat patches

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1227-1235

  Johst, Karin ^a   Drechsler, Martin ^a   van Teeffelen, Astrid J A ^b   Hartig, Florian ^a   Vos, Claire C ^b   Wissel, Silvia ^a   Wätzold, Frank ^c   Opdam, Paul ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation planning; Environmental stochasticity; Landscape attributes; Landscape dynamics; Management; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; NONLINEARITY; PATCHINESS; STOCHASTICITY; TRADE-OFF; TURNOVER;

EID: 80052801542     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02015.x     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Ball, I.R., Possingham, H.P. & Watts, M. (2009) Marxan and Relatives: Software for Spatial Conservation Prioritization. In Spatial Conservation Prioritisation: Quantitative Methods and Computational Tools (eds A. Moilanen, K.A. Wilson & H.P. Possingham), pp. 185-195. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
2. Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) (2009) Biodiversity Offset Design Handbook. Washington, D.C. URL: (access 13 February 2011).
3. Biedermann, R. (2004) Modelling the spatial dynamics and persistence of the leaf beetle Gonioctena olivacea in dynamic habitats. Oikos, 107, 645-653.
4. Bishop, K., Beven, K., Destouni, G., Abrahamsson, K., Andersson, L., Johnson, R.K., Rodhe, J. & Hjerdt, N. (2009) Nature as the "Natural" goal for water management: a conversation. Ambio, 38, 209-214.
5. Borland Delphi Professional 5.0. (1999) Borland Software Corporation, Cupertino, CA.
6. Boughton, D. & Malvadkar, U. (2002) Extinction risk in successional landscapes subject to catastrophic disturbances. Conservation Ecology, 6(2): 2. [online] URL:.
7. Briers, R.A. & Warren, P.H. (2000) Population turnover and habitat dynamics in Notonecta (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) metapopulations. Oecologia, 123, 216-222.
8. Ciarleglio, M., Wesley Barnes, J. & Sarkar, S. (2009) ConsNet: new software for the selection of conservation area networks with spatial and multi-criteria analyses. Ecography, 32, 205-209.
9. Cornell, S.J. & Ovaskainen, O. (2008) Exact asymptotic analysis for metapopulation dynamics on correlated dynamic landscapes. Theoretical Population Biology, 74, 209-225.
10. Cuperus, R., Canters, K.J., de Haes, H.A.U. & Friedman, D.S. (1999) Guidelines for ecological compensation associated with highways. Biological Conservation, 90, 41-51.
11. Drechsler, M. (2009) Predicting metapopulation lifetime from macroscopic network properties. Mathematical Biosciences, 218, 59-71.
12. Drechsler, M. & Johst, K. (2010) Rapid viability analysis for metapopulations in dynamic habitat networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277, 1889-1897.
13. Drechsler, M. & Wätzold, F. (2007) Ecological-economic modelling for the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity. Ecological Economics, 62, 203-206.
14. Drechsler, M. & Wätzold, F. (2009) Applying tradable permits to biodiversity conservation: effects of space-dependent conservation benefits and cost heterogeneity on habitat allocation. Ecological Economics, 68, 1083-1092.
15. Drechsler, M., Frank, K., Hanski, I., O'Hara, R.B. & Wissel, C. (2003) Ranking metapopulation extinction risk: from patterns in data to conservation management decisions. Ecological Applications, 13, 990-998.
16. Drechsler, M., Johst, K., Wätzold, F. & Shogren, J.F. (2010) An agglomeration payment for cost-effective biodiversity conservation in spatially structured landscapes. Resource and Energy Economics, 32, 261-275.
17. eftec, IEEP et al. (2010) The use of market-based instruments for biodiversity protection - the case of habitat banking - Technical Report. (accessed 23 May 2011).
18. Ellner, S.P. & Fussmann, G. (2003) Effects of successional dynamics on metapopulation persistence. Ecology, 84, 882-889.
19. Etienne, R.S. & Heesterbeek, J.A.P. (2000) On optimal size and number of reserves for metapopulation persistence. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 203, 33-50.
20. Fahse, L., Dean, W.R.J. & Wissel, C. (1998) Modelling the size and distribution of protected areas for nomadic birds: Alaudidae in the Nama-Karoo, South Africa. Biological Conservation, 85, 105-112.
21. Frank, K. & Wissel, C. (2002) A formula for the mean lifetime of metapopulations in heterogeneous landscapes. American Naturalist, 159, 530-552.
22. Groeneveld, J., Enright, N.J. & Lamont, B.B. (2008) Simulating the effects of different spatio-temporal fire regimes on plant metapopulation persistence in a Mediterranean-type region. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 1477-1485.
23. Gyllenberg, M. & Hanski, I. (1997) Habitat deterioration, habitat destruction, and metapopulation persistence in a heterogenous landscape. Theoretical Population Biology, 52, 198-215.
24. Hanski, I. (1999a) Habitat connectivity, habitat continuity, and metapopulations in dynamic landscapes. Oikos, 87, 209-219.
25. Hanski, I. (1999b) Metapopulation Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
26. Hartig, F. & Drechsler, M. (2009) Smart spatial incentives for market-based conservation. Biological Conservation, 142, 779-788.
27. Hodgson, J.A., Moilanen, A. & Thomas, C.D. (2009) Metapopulation responses to patch connectivity and quality are masked by successional habitat dynamics. Ecology, 90, 1608-1619.
28. Jacquemyn, H., Butaye, J. & Hermy, M. (2003) Influence of environmental and spatial variables on regional distribution of forest plant species in a fragmented and changing landscape. Ecography, 26, 768-776.
29. Jäkäläniemi, A., Tuomi, J. & Sikamkaki, P. (2006) Conservation of species in dynamic landscapes: divergent fates of Silene tatarica populations in riparian habitats. Conservation Biology, 20, 844-852.
30. Johst, K., Brandl, R. & Eber, S. (2002) Metapopulation persistence in dynamic landscapes: the role of dispersal distance. Oikos, 98, 263-270.
31. Johst, K. & Drechsler, M. (2003) Are spatially correlated or uncorrelated disturbance regimes better for the survival of species? Oikos, 103, 449-456.
32. Johst, K., Drechsler, M., Thomas, J. & Settele, J. (2006) Influence of mowing on the persistence of two endangered large blue butterfly species. Journal of Applied Ecology, 43, 333-342.
33. Keymer, J.E., Marquet, P.A., Velasco-Hernandez, J.X. & Levin, S.A. (2000) Extinction thresholds and metapopulation persistence in dynamic landscapes. American Naturalist, 156, 478-494.
34. Lande, R. (1993) Risks of population extinction from demographic and environmental stochasticity and random catastrophes. American Naturalist, 142, 911-927.
35. Leroux, S.J., Schmiegelow, F.K.A., Lessard, R.B. & Cumming, S.G. (2007) Minimum dynamic reserves: a framework for determining reserve size in ecosystems structured by large disturbances. Biological Conservation, 138, 464-473.
36. Matlack, G.R. & Leu, N.A. (2007) Persistence of dispersal-limited species in structured dynamic landscapes. Ecosystems, 10, 1287-1298.
37. McCarthy, M.A., Thompson, C.J. & Possingham, H.P. (2005) Theory for designing nature reserves for single species. American Naturalist, 165, 250-257.
38. Meulebrouck, K., Verheyen, K., Brys, R. & Hermy, M. (2009) Metapopulation viability of an endangered holoparasitic plant in a dynamic landscape. Ecography, 32, 1040-1050.
39. Moilanen, A. & Hanski, I. (1998) Metapopulation dynamics: effects of habitat quality and landscape structure. Ecology, 79, 2503-2515.
40. Nicholson, E., Westphal, M.I., Frank, K., Rochester, W.A., Pressey, R.L., Lindenmayer, D.B. & Possingham, H.P. (2006) A new method for conservation planning for the persistence of multiple species. Ecology Letters, 9, 1049-1060.
41. O'Hara, R.B., Arjas, E., Toivonen, H. & Hanski, I. (2002) Bayesian analysis of metapopulation data. Ecology, 83, 2408-2415.
42. Opdam, P., Pouwels, R., van Rooij, S., Steingröver, E. & Vos, C.C. (2008) Setting biodiversity targets in participatory regional planning: introducing ecoprofiles. Ecology and Society, 13, 20. [online].
43. Ovaskainen, O. (2002) Long-term persistence of species and the SLOSS problem. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 218, 419-433.
44. Possingham, H., Moilanen, A. & Wilson, K.A. (2009) Accounting for Habitat Dynamics in Conservation Planning. Spatial Conservation Prioritization. Quantitative Methods and Computational Tools (eds H. Possingham, A. Moilanen & K.A. Wilson), pp. 135-144. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
45. Pressey, R.L., Cabeza, M., Watts, M.E., Cowling, R.M. & Wilson, K.A. (2007) Conservation planning in a changing world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22, 583-592.
46. Ross, J.V., Sirl, D.J., Pollett, P.K. & Possingham, H.P. (2008) Metapopulation persistence in a dynamic landscape: more habitat or better stewardship? Ecological Applications, 18, 590-598.
47. Schippers, P., Snep, R.P.H., Schotman, A.G.M., Jochem, R., Stienen, E.W.M. & Slim, P.A. (2009) Seabird metapopulations: searching for alternative breeding habitats. Population Ecology, 51, 459-470.
48. Stelter, C., Reich, M., Grimm, V. & Wissel, C. (1997) Modelling persistence in dynamic landscapes: lessons from a metapopulation of the grasshopper Bryodema tuberculata. Journal of Animal Ecology, 66, 508-518.
49. Thuiller, W. (2007) Biodiversity - climate change and the ecologist. Nature, 448, 550-552.
50. Verboom, J., Foppen, R., Chardon, P., Opdam, P. & Luttikhuizen, P. (2001) Introducing the key patch approach for habitat networks with persistent populations: an example for marshland birds. Biological Conservation, 100, 89-101.
51. Vos, C.C., Verboom, J., Opdam, P.F.M. & Ter Braak, C.J.F. (2001) Toward ecologically scaled landscape indices. American Naturalist, 157, 24-41.
52. Vuilleumier, S., Wilcox, C., Cairns, B.J. & Possingham, H.P. (2007) How patch configuration affects the impact of disturbances on metapopulation persistence. Theoretical Population Biology, 72, 77-85.
53. Wahlberg, N., Klemetti, T. & Hanski, I. (2002) Dynamic populations in a dynamic landscape: the metapopulation structure of the marsh fritillary butterfly. Ecography, 25, 224-232.
54. Wätzold, F. & Drechsler, M. (2005) Spatially uniform versus spatially heterogeneous compensation payments for biodiversity-enhancing land-use measures. Environmental and Resource Economics, 31, 73-93.
55. Wilcox, C., Cairns, B.J. & Possingham, H.P. (2006) The role of habitat disturbance and recovery in metapopulation persistence. Ecology, 87, 855-863.
56. Wintle, B.A., Bekessy, S.A., Venier, L.A., Pearce, J.L. & Chisholm, R.A. (2005) Utility of dynamic-landscape metapopulation models for sustainable forest management. Conservation Biology, 19, 1930-1943.
57. Wissel, S. & Wätzold, F. (2010) A Conceptual Analysis of the Application of Tradable Permits to Biodiversity Conservation. Conservation Biology, 24, 404-411.
58. Zinck, R., Johst, K. & Grimm, V. (2010) Wildfire, landscape diversity and the Drossel-Schwabl model. Ecological Modelling, 221, 98-105.