Prioritizing regionally rare plant species for conservation using herbarium data

摘要: Because the conservation of biodiversity occurs under time and resource constraints, it is necessary to prioritize species most deserving attention. Natural history collections have been identified as a valuable source information in applied practice, particularly for species-rich taxa like plants. Here, online herbarium was combined with novel, straightforward priority setting approach screen large list rare vascular plant (n = 418) Saskatchewan, Canada. Data quantified develop scores (for given species) using three key criteria: (1) provincial responsibility survival, (2) local population characteristics, (3) anthropogenic threats causing be rare. The use hierarchy criteria, wherein assigned weight, resulted highest ranking 13 that exist only Saskatchewan no other Canadian province or territory. first step identifying attention and/or further study, while method itself deemed highly relevant managers decision makers due its scale adaptability fairly minimal requirements.