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Rediscovering the King of Woodpeckers: Exploring the Implications

机译：重新发现啄木鸟之王：探索含意

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The Ivory-billed Woodpecker has long held a special place in the psyche of North American conservation, eliciting unusually colorful prose, even from scientists, as an icon of the wild. The reverence in which it was held did little to slow the habitat loss that led to its apparent extinction 60 years ago. A consequence of the emotion and attention associated with the amazing rediscovery of this species is that conservation biologists will be under considerable pressure to make good on this “second chance.” This poses a challenge to conservation paradigms that has important political consequences. First, the decline of the species is due to habitat loss, recovery from which has been much more seldom achieved than recovery from declines due to impacts on vital rates. This challenge is exacerbated by the enormous area requirements of the species. Second, the species at best exists as a critically small population. It will be difficult to make the case that a viable population can be established without undermining the small population paradigm that underlies conservation strategies for many other species. This has already resulted in some political backlash. Conservation of this species is best based on the one point of clear scientific consensus, that habitat is limiting, but this may result in additional political backlash because of conflicts with other land uses.
机译：象牙嘴啄木鸟长期以来一直在北美保护精神中占有特殊地位，甚至从科学家那里也引出了异常多彩的散文作为野外的偶像。对它的崇敬并没有减缓导致其在60年前灭绝的栖息地的丧失。与该物种惊人的重新发现相关联的情绪和关注的结果是，保护生物学家将承受相当大的压力来弥补这种“第二次机会”。这对具有重要政治后果的保护范式构成了挑战。首先，该物种的减少是由于栖息地的丧失所致，与对生命率造成影响的减少所带来的恢复相比，恢复的机会很少。该物种的巨大面积需求加剧了这一挑战。其次，该物种充其量只能说是极小的种群。在不破坏构成许多其他物种保护策略基础的小种群范式的前提下，很难建立一个可行的种群。这已经引起了一些政治上的强烈反对。最好根据明确的科学共识来保护该物种，即栖息地是有限的，但是由于与其他土地用途的冲突，这可能导致更多的政治反弹。

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