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R. Dalton (2010)
Still looking for that woodpeckerNature, 463
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Write Back 460 next global biodiversity targets. for habitat preservation (Dalton 1* Henrique M Pereira , Jayne 2010), namely that of the highly 2 3 Costs and benefits of Belnap , Neil Brummitt , Ben contracted lowland primary forests of 4 5 Collen , Hui Ding , Mario the southeastern US. This implies ivory-billed woodpecker Gonzalez-Espinosa , Richard D that the monetary support may have “re-discovery” 7 8 Gregory , João Honrado , Rob HG benefited many other species as well. 9 10 Jongman , Romain Julliard , Several years ago, the purported re-dis- Therefore, even if the chances for 4 1 Louise McRae , Vânia Proença , covery of the ivory-billed woodpecker the (assumed extant) ivory-billed Patrícia Rodrigues , Michael (Campephilus principalis) in eastern woodpecker’s population recovery 11 12 Opige , Jon P Rodriguez , Dirk S Arkansas generated lively discussion in remain slim, we do not think the 13 14 Schmeller , Chris van Swaay , renowned scientific journals. The amount spent was “wasted”. How- and Cristiana Vieira debate concerned both the central ever, a multi-species cost–benefit Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal question of whether the bird video- analysis could help to better quantify * 2 (hpereira@fc.ul.pt); US Geological taped in April 2004 really was an ivory- this assertion. 3 1,2* Survey, US; Natural History Museum, billed woodpecker (eg Fitzpatrick et al. Grzegorz Mikusinski , 4 2 UK; Zoological Society of London, 2005; Sibley et al. 2006) and the con- Malgorzata Blicharska , and 5 3 UK; Ministry of Environmental troversy around the resulting species Peter WJ Baxter 6 1 Protection, China; El Colegio de la recovery plan and its costs (McKelvey Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Frontera Sur, Mexico; Royal Society et al. 2008; Dalton 2010): was $14 mil- Department of Ecology, Swedish for the Protection of Birds, UK; lion pointlessly spent? University of Agricultural Sciences, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; In Sweden, much more money has Riddarhyttan, Sweden 9 10 * Alterra, Netherlands; Muséum already been allocated toward (grzegorz.mikusinski@ekol.slu.se); National d´Histoire Naturelle, France; another species of woodpecker School of Forest Management, 11 12 Nature Uganda, Uganda; Instituto (white-backed woodpecker, Dendro- Swedish University of Agricultural Venezolano de Investigaciones copos leucotos) – one that is not even Sciences, Skinnskatteberg, Sweden; 13 3 Científicas, Venezuela; CNRS, considered threatened in Europe. The Ecology Centre, School of France; Vlinderstichting, Netherlands Cumulatively between 2005 and Biological Sciences, The University of 2008, over $25 million was assigned Queensland, St Lucia, Australia Butchart SHM, Walpole M, Collen B, et al. for the recovery of this species, and 2010. Global biodiversity: indicators of Dalton R. 2010. 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Published: Nov 1, 2010
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