track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data

Beal, Martin; Oppel, Steffen; Handley, Jonathan; Pearmain, Elizabeth J.; Morera‐Pujol, Virginia; Carneiro, Ana P.B.; Davies, Tammy E.; Phillips, Richard A.; Taylor, Philip R.; Miller, Mark G.R.; Franco, Aldina M. A.; Catry, Inês; Patrício, Ana R.; Regalla, Aissa; Staniland, Iain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2736-9134; Boyd, Charlotte; Catry, Paulo; Dias, Maria P.. 2021 track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12 (12). 2372-2378. 10.1111/2041-210X.13713

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Abstract/Summary

Identifying important sites for biodiversity is vital for conservation and management. However, there is a lack of accessible, easily-applied tools that enable practitioners to delineate important sites for highly mobile species using established criteria. We introduce the R package ‘track2KBA’, a tool to identify important sites at the population level using tracking data from individual animals based on three key steps: (1) identifying individual core areas, (2) assessing population-level representativeness of the sample, and (3) quantifying spatial overlap among individuals and scaling up to the population. We describe package functionality and exemplify its application using tracking data from three taxa in contrasting environments: a seal, a marine turtle, and a migratory land bird. This tool facilitates the delineation of sites of ecological relevance for diverse taxa and provides output useful for assessing their importance to a population or species, as in the Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) Standard. As such, ‘track2KBA’ can contribute directly to conservation planning at global and regional levels.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1111/2041-210X.13713
ISSN:	2041-210X
Additional Keywords:	animal movement; biologging; Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas; key biodiversity areas; protected areas; site-based conservation; utilization distribution
Date made live:	07 Sep 2021 08:45 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531013

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