ISSN:
1572-9710
Keywords:
Red List categories application criteria
;
national classification of exinction risk
;
global conservation priorities in national distributions
;
Italian terrestrial vertebrates Red List
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The criteria for classification set down in the new system of the IUCN Red List categories were applied to national distribution areas. Application of the new criteria to national distribution areas calls for an estimate of the rate of immigration. Classification was applied to the Italian autochthonous terrestrial vertebrate species that reproduce in Italy (Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammalia). Species with both marine and land habitats were included, but Cetaceans were excluded. Eighty-eight species of the autochthonous species that reproduce in Italy were classified in the threatened categories at the national level. One of the main purposes of the present classification of the risk of extinction in national distribution areas is to provide the information needed to define global conservation priorities of species present on national territory. The species nationally and/or globally endangered or at lower risk were grouped into four priority classes, on the basis of their reproductive phenology on national territory and the size of temporarily present contingents. Of the 551 species present regularly or seasonally on Italian territory, 149 (27.0%) are in the initial indicative list of conservation priorities.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018363530014
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