Charles W. Bier, John E. Rawlins, Sue A. Thompson, and
Kenneth M. Klemow. DEVELOPING A BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PLAN
FOR PENNSYLVANIA: PROVIDING THE SCIENCE. Contributed
paper: Pennsylvania Academy of Science meeting.
Abstract: Journal of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Science 78:104.
Biodiversity science is defined as the research,
analysis, information, and expertise that provide an understanding of
the inventory, systematics, genetics, ecology and environment of the
organisms and biological communities that constitute Pennsylvania’s
biodiversity. One part of the Pennsylvania Biodiversity
Partnership’s Biodiversity Conservation Plan will be to promote
continued development of a cooperative framework of ongoing scientific
research and resources. The framework will support biodiversity
management by establishing scientific approaches and assuring quality
control, providing support at all levels and functions of biodiversity,
filling information gaps, prioritizing and resolving questions,
conducting both basic and applied research, describing critical actions
such as monitoring, evaluating threats, urgency and conservation
priorities, and determining issues of the necessary scientific capacity
to provide these services. Issues and strategies are presented
and described.
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