Giant pandas hold great potential umbrella effectiveness for golden snub‐nosed monkeys under climate change

Abstract Umbrella species are widely used as conservation strategies for the design of reserves. However, empirical data on their potential effectiveness, particularly in the context of climate change, is limited and inconclusive. Here, we evaluated the potential umbrella effectiveness of the giant...

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Main Authors: Jia‐Wen Liu, Yang Yu, Rui‐Feng Wu, Wen‐Bo Li, Cyril C. Grueter, Xue‐Lin Jin, Yang Teng, Ying Shen, Ming Li
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Published: Wiley 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70046
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author Jia‐Wen Liu
Yang Yu
Rui‐Feng Wu
Wen‐Bo Li
Cyril C. Grueter
Xue‐Lin Jin
Yang Teng
Ying Shen
Ming Li
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Yang Yu
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Ming Li
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description Abstract Umbrella species are widely used as conservation strategies for the design of reserves. However, empirical data on their potential effectiveness, particularly in the context of climate change, is limited and inconclusive. Here, we evaluated the potential umbrella effectiveness of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and its reserve network in the Qinling Mountains for the conservation of sympatric golden snub‐nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) under climate change. We modeled their current and future habitat suitability index (HSI) by using the MaxEnt model and analyzed their current and future spatial congruence of HSI. Their suitable areas were also overlaid onto the boundaries and management zones of the reserve network. Subsequently, we designed a series of indices to assess the potential umbrella effectiveness of the reserve network under climate change. Our results indicate that their habitat spatial congruence will remain high in the future. The suitable habitat of giant pandas overlaps substantially with that of golden snub‐nosed monkeys in both present and future. Importantly, the umbrella effectiveness of the reserve network for the golden snub‐nosed monkey will not decrease. However, there are still some protection gaps shared by them outside the reserve network. Overall, our results demonstrate that the giant panda and its reserve network can serve as an effective umbrella for the golden snub‐nosed monkey under climate change, providing theoretical support to the application of umbrella species under climate change.
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spelling doaj-art-784a30ddf9284bcfaea0ff80651cb4512025-08-20T03:52:43ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542025-05-0175n/an/a10.1111/csp2.70046Giant pandas hold great potential umbrella effectiveness for golden snub‐nosed monkeys under climate changeJia‐Wen Liu0Yang Yu1Rui‐Feng Wu2Wen‐Bo Li3Cyril C. Grueter4Xue‐Lin Jin5Yang Teng6Ying Shen7Ming Li8Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaKey Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaYunnan Institute of Forest Inventory and Planning Kunming Yunnan ChinaInternational Collaborative Research Center for Huangshan Biodiversity and Tibetan Macaque Behavioral Ecology Anhui University Hefei Anhui ChinaSchool of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia AustraliaShaanxi Institute of Zoology Xi'an Shaanxi Province ChinaKey Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaKey Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaKey Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaAbstract Umbrella species are widely used as conservation strategies for the design of reserves. However, empirical data on their potential effectiveness, particularly in the context of climate change, is limited and inconclusive. Here, we evaluated the potential umbrella effectiveness of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and its reserve network in the Qinling Mountains for the conservation of sympatric golden snub‐nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) under climate change. We modeled their current and future habitat suitability index (HSI) by using the MaxEnt model and analyzed their current and future spatial congruence of HSI. Their suitable areas were also overlaid onto the boundaries and management zones of the reserve network. Subsequently, we designed a series of indices to assess the potential umbrella effectiveness of the reserve network under climate change. Our results indicate that their habitat spatial congruence will remain high in the future. The suitable habitat of giant pandas overlaps substantially with that of golden snub‐nosed monkeys in both present and future. Importantly, the umbrella effectiveness of the reserve network for the golden snub‐nosed monkey will not decrease. However, there are still some protection gaps shared by them outside the reserve network. Overall, our results demonstrate that the giant panda and its reserve network can serve as an effective umbrella for the golden snub‐nosed monkey under climate change, providing theoretical support to the application of umbrella species under climate change.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70046climate changeconservationgiant pandagolden snub‐nosed monkeyreserve networkumbrella species
spellingShingle Jia‐Wen Liu
Yang Yu
Rui‐Feng Wu
Wen‐Bo Li
Cyril C. Grueter
Xue‐Lin Jin
Yang Teng
Ying Shen
Ming Li
Giant pandas hold great potential umbrella effectiveness for golden snub‐nosed monkeys under climate change
Conservation Science and Practice
climate change
conservation
giant panda
golden snub‐nosed monkey
reserve network
umbrella species
title Giant pandas hold great potential umbrella effectiveness for golden snub‐nosed monkeys under climate change
title_full Giant pandas hold great potential umbrella effectiveness for golden snub‐nosed monkeys under climate change
title_fullStr Giant pandas hold great potential umbrella effectiveness for golden snub‐nosed monkeys under climate change
title_full_unstemmed Giant pandas hold great potential umbrella effectiveness for golden snub‐nosed monkeys under climate change
title_short Giant pandas hold great potential umbrella effectiveness for golden snub‐nosed monkeys under climate change
title_sort giant pandas hold great potential umbrella effectiveness for golden snub nosed monkeys under climate change
topic climate change
conservation
giant panda
golden snub‐nosed monkey
reserve network
umbrella species
url https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70046
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