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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2018.12.025
	Factors influencing endangered bat conservation management by professional foresters
	D'Acunto L.E.; Zollner P.A.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0378-1127
起始页码	172
结束页码	180
卷号	434
英文摘要	Integration of conservation efforts that benefit endangered species in forest lands of the U.S. are highly dependent on the decisions made by professional foresters. Federal guidelines generally do not require private landowners to search for endangered species before conducting forest management activities. Because private lands make up 85% of Indiana's forests, recommendations by professional foresters can influence a large proportion of the management decisions made on Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) habitat in the state. Thus, we wanted to determine what factors lead professional foresters in Indiana to adopt management strategies that benefit bat conservation. We conducted an online survey of Indiana consultant and state foresters to address two main objectives: (1) to assess forester understanding of guidelines for adequate bat habitat, and (2) to identify the factors that influence professional forester intention to manage forests to improve bat habitat quality. For a subset of survey respondents, we also determined whether forester intent to manage for Indiana bat habitat translated to on-the-ground behavior via an assessment of their stands marked for single-tree selection harvest. We found that most respondents knew some of the forest management guidelines for the Indiana bat, but few were familiar with all guidelines. Through structural equation modeling, we determined that intention to manage forests for the Indiana bat was influenced most by whether foresters believed following the guidelines would strongly influence the conservation of the species. We found a difference in the relative strength (path loading) of this factor between government and consultant foresters. We assessed the management decisions of a subsample of our survey respondents and found that respondent's decisions aligned with their intention to maintain or create Indiana bat habitat. We suggest two strategies can be employed to improve the habitat management occurring on private lands in Indiana: (1) increasing forester knowledge of federal guidelines and (2) providing evidence to foresters that these guidelines directly contribute to Indiana bat conservation. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Bat management; Endangered species; Environmental guidelines; Voluntary management
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Conservation; Decision making; Ecosystems; Professional aspects; Surveys; Conservation management; Endangered species; Environmental guidelines; Forest management guidelines; Management activities; Management strategies; Professional foresters; Structural equation modeling; Forestry; bat; conservation management; decision making; endangered species; forest management; guideline; state role; voluntary approach; Bat; Conservation; Decision Making; Ecosystems; Forest Management; Forestry; Indiana; Surveys; Indiana; United States; Myotis sodalis
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/156214
作者单位	Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 195 Marsteller St, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	D'Acunto L.E.,Zollner P.A.. Factors influencing endangered bat conservation management by professional foresters[J],2019,434.
APA	D'Acunto L.E.,&Zollner P.A..(2019).Factors influencing endangered bat conservation management by professional foresters.Forest Ecology and Management,434.
MLA	D'Acunto L.E.,et al."Factors influencing endangered bat conservation management by professional foresters".Forest Ecology and Management 434(2019).