Preprint volume - SIBM

Pre-print Volume – Invited presentation
Topic 1: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION SCIENCE: CONTRIBUTING TO MANAGEMENT
Management. Commitment of funds to open-ended and costly monitoring is rare but
establishing reference data and checking that reference data in a systematic way at
intervals will tell us much about change and even about ‘shifting baselines’, especially
with the influence of climate change. The gap between short term studies and the need
for long-term observations may be filled by encouraging and maintaining natural
history observations that can tell us much about events that happen unpredictably and
at long intervals, including ‘disappearances’ or declines of species that ‘re-appear’ or
become abundant again after several decades. ‘Institutional memory’ is also important
and experienced and knowledgeable but retired staff should be valued and their views
on interpreting change sought!
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