The forests of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in danger

Robinson Crusoe Island (RCI), part of Juan Fernández Archipelago, contains more endemic plant species per area than any other island system of the world (1.9 species/km²). Currently, exotic plants are invading all habitats on the island with higher or lower intensity. As two-thirds of the vascular p...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Vargas,Rodrigo, Reif,Albert, Faúndez,María Jose
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales 2011
Materias:	conservation IUCN red list categories invasive species Juan Fernández Islands
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002011000200006
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:scielo:S0717-92002011000200006
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-920020110002000062012-07-11The forests of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in dangerVargas,RodrigoReif,AlbertFaúndez,María Jose conservation IUCN red list categories invasive species Juan Fernández Islands Robinson Crusoe Island (RCI), part of Juan Fernández Archipelago, contains more endemic plant species per area than any other island system of the world (1.9 species/km²). Currently, exotic plants are invading all habitats on the island with higher or lower intensity. As two-thirds of the vascular plant species are threatened by extinction, the island has a high conservation priority. Protection of the islands biodiversity is of utmost importance both locally and globally. Using already published information, the main vegetation types defined for RCI were reviewed, considering plant species richness on the International Union for Conservation of Nature conservation categories, amount of invasive exotic plants, and the occurrence of land bird species. The highest number of endemic and endangered plant species was found in the upper and lower montane forest, in which only highly threatened and threatened bird species live. Furthermore, the scientific literature about Juan Fernández Archipelago was reviewed in order to identify missing data needed for effective conservational efforts. So far research in Juan Fernández and RCI has been mainly focused on Botany, usually dealing with taxonomical aspects of singular plant taxa. Detailed studies of ecology, structure, dynamics, processes and services of the forests on RCI are missing in scientific literature. It appears as highly important to fill this knowledge gap in order to be successful in future conservation and restoration initiatives.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias ForestalesBosque (Valdivia) v.32 n.2 20112011-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002011000200006en10.4067/S0717-92002011000200006
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	English
topic	conservation IUCN red list categories invasive species Juan Fernández Islands
spellingShingle	conservation IUCN red list categories invasive species Juan Fernández Islands Vargas,Rodrigo Reif,Albert Faúndez,María Jose The forests of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in danger
description	Robinson Crusoe Island (RCI), part of Juan Fernández Archipelago, contains more endemic plant species per area than any other island system of the world (1.9 species/km²). Currently, exotic plants are invading all habitats on the island with higher or lower intensity. As two-thirds of the vascular plant species are threatened by extinction, the island has a high conservation priority. Protection of the islands biodiversity is of utmost importance both locally and globally. Using already published information, the main vegetation types defined for RCI were reviewed, considering plant species richness on the International Union for Conservation of Nature conservation categories, amount of invasive exotic plants, and the occurrence of land bird species. The highest number of endemic and endangered plant species was found in the upper and lower montane forest, in which only highly threatened and threatened bird species live. Furthermore, the scientific literature about Juan Fernández Archipelago was reviewed in order to identify missing data needed for effective conservational efforts. So far research in Juan Fernández and RCI has been mainly focused on Botany, usually dealing with taxonomical aspects of singular plant taxa. Detailed studies of ecology, structure, dynamics, processes and services of the forests on RCI are missing in scientific literature. It appears as highly important to fill this knowledge gap in order to be successful in future conservation and restoration initiatives.
author	Vargas,Rodrigo Reif,Albert Faúndez,María Jose
author_facet	Vargas,Rodrigo Reif,Albert Faúndez,María Jose
author_sort	Vargas,Rodrigo
title	The forests of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in danger
title_short	The forests of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in danger
title_full	The forests of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in danger
title_fullStr	The forests of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in danger
title_full_unstemmed	The forests of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in danger
title_sort	forests of robinson crusoe island, chile: an endemism hotspot in danger
publisher	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales
publishDate	2011
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002011000200006
work_keys_str_mv	AT vargasrodrigo theforestsofrobinsoncrusoeislandchileanendemismhotspotindanger AT reifalbert theforestsofrobinsoncrusoeislandchileanendemismhotspotindanger AT faundezmariajose theforestsofrobinsoncrusoeislandchileanendemismhotspotindanger AT vargasrodrigo forestsofrobinsoncrusoeislandchileanendemismhotspotindanger AT reifalbert forestsofrobinsoncrusoeislandchileanendemismhotspotindanger AT faundezmariajose forestsofrobinsoncrusoeislandchileanendemismhotspotindanger
_version_	1718444176096362496

The forests of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in danger

Ejemplares similares