the taxonomy, which utility in a management of national park ? mercantour national park

EDIT General Meeting

Carvoeiro, 23-25 January 2008



The taxonomy, which utility in a management of national park ?

Mercantour national park

Anthony TURPAUD



The Mercantour national park



The natural and landscape diversity



The natural heritage, which actions ?

Inventories Monitoring Conservation management

Ecosystems and habitats

Cartography Small squares, surfaces…

Field opening…

Species Species number Populations size,

reproduction

Reintroduction

(Gypaetus barbatus)

Intraspecific level

Genetic diversity within

species

Stability ? Genetic consolidation

(Capra ibex)



Use of a data

MNP needs of taxonomy

Official institutes NGO’s taxonomistsIndependant naturalists

Data base

•Knowledge availability for local managers

•Cartography

•Monitoring of selected taxa

•Conservation management for selected taxa

Management and conservation

Appropriation by inhabitants

and politicians

MNP rangers

Communication

1 species, 1 localisation, 1 date

Patrimonial value

Link to other database

Proposals to make conservatory management for some species

Data base



Use of data for management and conservation



Data base


•Cartography





and politicians

MNP rangers

Communication



Knowledge avaibility and cartography





Data base


•Cartography





and politicians

MNP rangers

Communication

Use of data for management and conservation



An example, a study about saproxylic insects

Saproxylic insects are bio-indicating species of the quality of forests

Objectives of the study:

To evaluate the biological value of certain forests of the PNM

To sensitize the rangers on the saproxylic insects and the dynamics of the forest ecosystem



Approximately 200 species found, of which 49 remarkable saproxylic species :

species in limit of their range of distribution (3) rare species in France (35) new species in France (1) endemic species (6) species to be described or confirmed (4)

Summary of results



Towards the catch in consideration…

The causes of vulnerability are:• the disappearance of habitats• the fragmentation (populations dispersing very little)

=> To develop recommendations for the catch in consideration in daily management, dialog with the forest

actors



To preserve the settlements of great maturity and naturality as well as the settlement clearings and rich in deadwood.

To take into account saproxylic insects in the daily management of the forests :

To consider the ecological, economic and commercial value of the trees.

To prefer a diversity of tree species in the forest settlements, maintenance of small islands of senescence

To leave a volume of deadwood, at least 5% of the tree, and min 20 m3/ha.

To support the continuity in the time and the space of very old trees and deadwood.

Some conservative measures…



Creating a « serie of ecological interest » of 151 ha, without forest cut until 2025.

To use this space for pedagogy and to make people conscious of forest ecosystem.





Data base


•Cartography





and politicians

MNP rangers

Communication

Use of data for communication



Taxa Species number in

PNM

Species number in France

Estimated species in Mercantour

Aim to 5 years

Aim to 10 years

Bacterium. 0 ? ? First existed list

+50%

Protists (Algae, protozoans …)

0 ? ? First existed list

+50%

Vertebrate animals 200 950 210-230 +10 +10

Invertebrate animals (Insects..)

1865 35200 6000 à 8000 2000 to 3000 3000 to 4000

Other invertebrate animals (Mollusks and continental crustaceans)

100 1792 700 à 900 300 400-500

Mushroom ? 7500 6000 First existed list 300 to

400

500 to 1000

Vascular plants 1200 6070 2400-2600 2300 2500

Lower plants ? ? ? First list ?

TOTAL (out bactérium and protists)

+/-3200 +/-52000 +/-15000 to 20000 +/-5200 to 6200

+/-6400 to 8500



Thank you very much for your attention !!



www.mercantour.euanthony.turpaud@[email protected]



Assessment of the inventories in MNP

Taxa Species number in PNM

Species number in France

Estimated species in Mercantour

Bacterium. 0 ? ?

Protists (Algae, protozoans …) 0 ? ?

Vertebrate animals 200 950 210-230

Invertebrate animals (Insects..) 1865 35200 6000 à 8000

Other invertebrate animals (Mollusks and continental crustaceans)

100 1792 700 à 900

Mushroom ? 7500 6000

Vascular plants 1200 6070 2400-2600

Lower plants ? ? ?

TOTAL (out bactérium and protists)

+/-3200 +/-52000 +/-15000 to 20000

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