Measuring Terrestrial Area of Habitat (AOH) and Its Utility for the IUCN Red List

Thomas M. Brooks; Stuart L. Pimm; H. Resit Akçakaya; Graeme M. Buchanan; Stuart H.M. Butchart; Wendy Foden; Craig Hilton-Taylor; Michael Hoffmann; Clinton N. Jenkins; Lucas Joppa; Binbin V. Li; Vivek Menon; Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela; Carlo Rondinini

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.009

Measuring Terrestrial Area of Habitat (AOH) and Its Utility for the IUCN Red List

Thomas M. Brooks
, Stuart L. Pimm
, H. Resit Akçakaya
, Graeme M. Buchanan
, Stuart H.M. Butchart
, Wendy Foden
, Craig Hilton-Taylor
, Michael Hoffmann
, Clinton N. Jenkins
, Lucas Joppa
, Binbin V. Li
, Vivek Menon
, Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela
, Carlo Rondinini

Ecology and Evolution

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
University of the Philippines
University of Tasmania
Duke University
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
BirdLife International
University of Cambridge
South African National Parks
Stellenbosch University
IUCN Red List Unit
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
IPÊ (Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas; Institute for Ecological Research)
Microsoft USA
Duke Kunshan University
Wildlife Trust of India
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
University of Rome La Sapienza

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Abstract

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species includes assessment of extinction risk for 98 512 species, plus documentation of their range, habitat, elevation, and other factors. These range, habitat and elevation data can be matched with terrestrial land cover and elevation datasets to map the species’ area of habitat (AOH; also known as extent of suitable habitat; ESH). This differs from the two spatial metrics used for assessing extinction risk in the IUCN Red List criteria: extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO). AOH can guide conservation, for example, through targeting areas for field surveys, assessing proportions of species’ habitat within protected areas, and monitoring habitat loss and fragmentation. We recommend that IUCN Red List assessments document AOH wherever practical.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	977-986
Number of pages	10
Journal	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume	34
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.009
State	Published - Nov 2019

Keywords

IUCN Red List
area of habitat
area of occupancy
extent of occurrence
extent of suitable habitat
range map

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Brooks, T. M., Pimm, S. L., Akçakaya, H. R., Buchanan, G. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Foden, W., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Jenkins, C. N., Joppa, L., Li, B. V., Menon, V., Ocampo-Peñuela, N., & Rondinini, C. (2019). Measuring Terrestrial Area of Habitat (AOH) and Its Utility for the IUCN Red List. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34(11), 977-986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.009

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