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Preservation of Species and Genetic Diversity
Author(s) -
Önal Hayri
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8276.00132
Subject(s) - threatened species , endangered species , genetic diversity , species richness , diversity (politics) , ecology , selection (genetic algorithm) , extinct species , biology , conservation genetics , biodiversity , geography , evolutionary biology , computer science , population , habitat , demography , artificial intelligence , sociology , allele , biochemistry , extant taxon , anthropology , gene , microsatellite
This article presents a mathematical programming approach to determine a conservation strategy that maximizes preserved species' diversity under limited resource availability. Diversity is defined as the negative of total diversity loss given by the sum of genetic distances between extinct species and their closest surviving relatives. The model incorporates both species richness and genetic diversity as the conservation criteria when determining species preservation and site selection decisions. The article also presents two empirical applications to the conservation of 15 crane species and 208 genera including most of the endangered or threatened North American bird species.