Using a Down-Scaled Bioclimate Envelope Model to Determine Long-Term Temporal Connectivity of Garry oak (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Quercus garryana</Emphasis>) Habitat in Western North America: Implications for Protected Area Planning |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Marlow?G?PellattEmail author Simon?J?Goring Karin?M?Bodtker Alex?J?Cannon |
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Institution: | (1) Parks Canada, Western and Northern Service Centre, 300-300 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 6B4, Canada;(2) School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada;(3) Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada;(4) Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
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Abstract: | Under the Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA), Garry oak (Quercus garryana) ecosystems are listed as “at-risk” and act as an umbrella for over one hundred species that are endangered to some degree.
Understanding Garry oak responses to future climate scenarios at scales relevant to protected area managers is essential to
effectively manage existing protected area networks and to guide the selection of temporally connected migration corridors,
additional protected areas, and to maintain Garry oak populations over the next century. We present Garry oak distribution
scenarios using two random forest models calibrated with down-scaled bioclimatic data for British Columbia, Washington, and
Oregon based on 1961–1990 climate normals. The suitability models are calibrated using either both precipitation and temperature
variables or using only temperature variables. We compare suitability predictions from four General Circulation Models (GCMs)
and present CGCM2 model results under two emissions scenarios. For each GCM and emissions scenario we apply the two Garry
oak suitability models and use the suitability models to determine the extent and temporal connectivity of climatically suitable
Garry oak habitat within protected areas from 2010 to 2099. The suitability models indicate that while 164 km2 of the total protected area network in the region (47,990 km2) contains recorded Garry oak presence, 1635 and 1680 km2 of climatically suitable Garry oak habitat is currently under some form of protection. Of this suitable protected area, only
between 6.6 and 7.3% will be “temporally connected” between 2010 and 2099 based on the CGCM2 model. These results highlight
the need for public and private protected area organizations to work cooperatively in the development of corridors to maintain
temporal connectivity in climatically suitable areas for the future of Garry oak ecosystems. |
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