Wildlife Action Plan 2015 Revision Process White Paper
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Energy production & mining
Transportation & service corridors
Biological resource use
Human intrusions & disturbance Natural system modifcations
8 Invasive & other problematic species & genes 9 Pollution 10 Climate change & severe weather 11 Disease & pathogens Classifcation of Treats (1–10) adopted from Salafsky et al. (2008).
C. Management Concerns Category Te Wildlife Resources Commission has jurisdictional authority and stewardship respon- sibility for all wildlife as defned in GS 113-129 and other North Carolina statutes. Game animals and sport fsh are known to be economically and culturally important in North Carolina, but it is also important to consider their role in wider biodiversity conservation issues (Arponen 2012) . Conservation objectives that result in opposing recommendations for game and nongame species can minimize efectiveness of the conservation measures. Te Management Concerns category was developed to assist with setting priorities for manag- ing all wildlife species in North Carolina. Ranking scores developed for this category can be used to identify and highlight popula- tion sustainability issues and areas where management action may be needed to mitigate impacts on both game and nongame species. While these ranking scores may be used to inform conservation priorities for game species, such as harvest limits, land management activities, and species management activities, consideration of the scores developed in all three categories of the ranking criteria can help set objectives and inform decisions that support diverse ecosystem services and biodiversity (Arponen 2012) . 15. Disease Vector Concerns. Because of their ability to trigger sudden epidemics and their potential for rapid evolution, infectious agents, parasites, prions, and diseases (patho- gens) are important concerns in conservation biology (Altizer et al. 2003; Laferty and Gerber 2002; Daszak et al. 2000; Harvell et al. 1999) . Pathogens can infuence ecosystem diversity by impacting genetic diversity and species composition within natural communities (Altizer et al. 2003) and wildlife can be an important host or transmission vector for many diferent pathogens. In this metric, a vector is defned as a species that transmits a pathogen whether it is among wildlife species, between wildlife and domestic animals, or between wildlife and humans. Examples of pathogens that can be transmitted through wildlife vectors include whirling disease, rabies, canine distemper virus, West Nile virus, and bovine tuberculosis.
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