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dc.contributor.authorDellaSala, Dominick A
dc.contributor.authorStrittholt, James R
dc.contributor.authorDegagne, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorMackey, Brendan
dc.contributor.authorWerner, Jeffery R
dc.contributor.authorConnolly, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorCoxson, Darwyn
dc.contributor.authorCouturier, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorKeith, Heather
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-16T02:41:26Z
dc.date.available2022-03-16T02:41:26Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2073-445X
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/land10080775
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/413283
dc.description.abstractThe Interior Wetbelt (IWB) of British Columbia, which includes the globally rare Inland Temperate Rainforest (ITR), contains primary forests poorly attributed and neglected in conservation planning. We evaluated the IWB and ITR using four IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Criteria: geographic distribution, environmental degradation (abiotic and biotic factors), and likelihood of ecosystem collapse. Clearcut logging (3.2M ha) represented 57% of all anthropogenic disturbances, reducing potential primary forest by 2.7 million ha (28%) for the IWB and 524,003 ha (39%) for the ITR. Decadal logging rates nearly doubled from 5.3% to 10.2% from 1970s–2000s. Core areas (buff-ered by 100-m from roads and developments) declined by 70% to 95% for the IWB and ITR, respec-tively. Vulnerable was assigned to karst, the only abiotic factor assessed, because it was associated with rare plants. For biotic factors, Old-Growth Birds were Vulnerable, Southern Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) habitat and Sensitive Fish were Endangered, and Old-Growth Lichens habitat was Critical. Overall, the IWB was ranked as Endangered and the ITR as Critical with core area collapse possible within 9 to 18 years for the ITR, considered one of the world’s most imperiled temperate rainforests.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom775
dc.relation.ispartofissue8
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLand
dc.relation.ispartofvolume10
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArchitecture
dc.subject.fieldofresearchUrban and regional planning
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3301
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3304
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4104
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Studies
dc.subject.keywordsBritish Columbia
dc.subject.keywordsEcology
dc.titleRed-Listed Ecosystem Status of Interior Wetbelt and Inland Temperate Rainforest of British Columbia, Canada
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDellaSala, DA; Strittholt, JR; Degagne, R; Mackey, B; Werner, JR; Connolly, M; Coxson, D; Couturier, A; Keith, H, Red-Listed Ecosystem Status of Interior Wetbelt and Inland Temperate Rainforest of British Columbia, Canada, Land, 2021, 10 (8), pp. 775
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2022-03-16T00:29:17Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorMackey, Brendan
gro.griffith.authorKeith, Heather


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