Wildlife Action Plan 2015 Revision Process White Paper
Metric
Explanation
Scale
Knowledge Gaps (cont.) 11. Statewide
What is the status of monitoring state-
(a) Not currently monitored.
Population Trends (moni- toring priorities)
wide population trends?
(b) Populations in discrete locations are monitored. (c) Monitored statewide but no statistical sensitivity. (d) Monitored statewide with statistical sensitivity or nearly complete census. (a) Tere is little to no knowledge about factors afecting a species’ population
12. Population
What is the level of knowledge about factors that afect a species’ population
Limitations (research priorities)
size or distribution in the state?
size or distribution.
(b) Tere is some knowledge, but numer- ous factors afecting a species’ popula- tion size or distribution are unknown. (c) Tere is general understanding of most factors afecting a species’ popu- lation or distribution but one or more major factors are unknown. (d) All major factors afecting a species’ population size and distribution are known.
13. Population
What is the level of knowledge about the species’ population size in North Carolina?
(a) Population size is uncertain.
Size (survey, monitoring, and research priorities)
(b) Population size somewhat known but estimates are expected to have high variance. (c) Population size somewhat known but estimates are expected to have low to moderate variance. (d) Population size is well known.
14. Treats
Rank each of the same 11 threat catego- ries evaluated in Metric 9 to prioritize a need for research. • Consider how likely each threat cate- gory is to contribute to the extinction risk for a species over the next 10-year planning horizon. • Assign priorities using a scale of 1 to 11 to indicate the need for research as follows: 1–4 = LOW Priorities 5–8 = MEDIUM Priorities 9–11 = HIGH Priorities
1
Residential & commercial development
(research priorities)
2
Agriculture & aquaculture
3
Energy production & mining
4
Transportation & service corridors
5
Biological resource use
6
Human intrusions & disturbance
7
Natural system modifcations Invasive & other problematic species &
8
genes
9
Pollution
10
Climate change & severe weather
11
Disease & pathogens
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2015 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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