Applying science to pressing conservation needs for penguins
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2020-02
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en
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Blackwell Publishing Inc.
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More than half of the world’s 18 penguin species are declining. We, the Steering Committee of the
International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Penguin Specialist Group, determined
that the penguin species in most critical need of conservation action are African penguin (Spheniscus demersus),
Gal´apagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus), and Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes). Due to small
or rapidly declining populations, these species require immediate scientific collaboration and policy intervention.
We also used a pairwise-ranking approach to prioritize research and conservation needs for all penguins. Among
the 12 cross-taxa research areas we identified, we ranked quantifying population trends, estimating demographic
rates, forecasting environmental patterns of change, and improving the knowledge of fisheries interactions as
the highest priorities. The highest ranked conservation needs were to enhance marine spatial planning, improve
stakeholder engagement, and develop disaster-management and species-specific action plans. We concurred that,
to improve the translation of science into effective conservation for penguins, the scientific community and
funding bodies must recognize the importance of and support long-term research; research on and conservation
of penguins must expand its focus to include the nonbreeding season and juvenile stage; marine reserves must
be designed at ecologically appropriate spatial and temporal scales; and communication between scientists and
decision makers must be improved with the help of individual scientists and interdisciplinary working groups.
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climate change, ecosystem sentinels, knowledge gaps, marine spatial planning, nonbreeding habitat, pairwise ranking, science communication
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Conservation Biology Open Access Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 103 - 1121 February 2020