DO AREA-DEMANDING THREATENED SPECIES OCCUR IN AREAS OF GLOBAL CONSERVATION PRIORITY?
BOYD, CHARLOTTE; Brooks, Thomas. Conservation International, 1919 M St NW, Washington DC, 20036, USA, c.boyd((AT))conservation.org. Area-demanding globally threatened species – species with large home ranges, nomadic species, species that naturally occur at low densities and certain long-distance migrants – require urgent conservation action beyond the site scale. This paper sets out proposed criteria for identifying these species, and the results of an analysis showing which globally threatened birds, mammals and amphibians meet these criteria. Using thresholds based on IUCN Red List criteria, we show that approximately 30% of globally threatened bird species, 20% of globally threatened mammals and less than 5% of globally threatened amphibian species require urgent conservation action at a scale beyond the size of the largest protected areas in the regions where they occur. Finally, we present a map showing where these area-demanding threatened species occur in relation to global con
