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A protocol for better design, application, and communication of population viability analyses

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Pe'er, Guy [Helmholtz centre for envirnomental research, Leipzig, Germany] Matsinos, Yiannis, G. [University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Greece] Johst, Karin [Helmholtz centre for environmental research, Leipzig, Germany] Franz, Kamila, W [Helmholtz centre for envirnomental research, Leipzig, Germany] Turlure, Camille [UCL] Radchuk, Viktoriia [UCL] Wintle, Brendan, A. [University of Melbourne, Australia]

Population viability analyses (PVAs) contribute to conservation theory, policy, and management. Most PVAs focus on single species within a given landscape and address a specific problem. This specificity often is reflected in the organization of published PVA descriptions. Many lack structure, making them difficult to understand, assess, repeat, or use for drawing generalizations across PVA studies. In an assessment comparing published PVAs and existing guidelines, we found that model selection was rarely justified; important parameters remained neglected or their implementation was described vaguely; limited details were given on parameter ranges, sensitivity analysis, and scenarios; and results were often reported too inconsistently to enable repeatability and comparability. Although many guidelines exist on how to design and implement reliable PVAs and standards exist for documenting and communicating ecological models in general, there is a lack of organized guidelines for designing, applying, and communicating PVAs that account for their diversity of structures and contents. To fill this gap, we integrated published guidelines and recommendations for PVA design and application, protocols for documenting ecological models in general and individual-based models in particular, and our collective experience in developing, applying, and reviewing PVAs. We devised a comprehensive protocol for the design, application, and communication of PVAs (DAC-PVA), which has 3 primary elements. The first defines what a useful PVA is; the second element provides a workflow for the design and application of a useful PVA and highlights important aspects that need to be considered during these processes; and the third element focuses on communication of PVAs to ensure clarity, comprehensiveness, repeatability, and comparability. Thereby, DAC-PVA should strengthen the credibility and relevance of PVAs for policy and management, and improve the capacity to generalize PVA findings across studies.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2013
Language Anglais
Journal information "Conservation Biology" - Vol. 27, no.4, p. 644–656 (2013)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. ((United States) Hoboken)
issn 0888-8892
e-issn 1523-1739
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SST/ELI/ELIB - Biodiversity
Keywords ecological modeling ; meta análisis ; modelación ecológica ; reportaje estandarizado ; meta-analysis ; model documentation ; risk assessment ; science communication ; standardized reporting ; ciencia de la comunicación ; documentación del modelo ; evaluación de riesgo ; 3123
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Bibliographic reference Pe'er, Guy ; Matsinos, Yiannis, G. ; Johst, Karin ; Franz, Kamila, W ; Turlure, Camille ; et. al. A protocol for better design, application, and communication of population viability analyses. In: Conservation Biology, Vol. 27, no.4, p. 644–656 (2013)
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