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Can we save critically endangered relict endemic plant species? A case study of Primula boveana Decne ex Duby in Egypt
Journal for Nature Conservation ( IF 2.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-21 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126005
Karim Omar , Ibrahim Elgamal

Primula boveana Decne ex Duby is a threatened paleo-endemic plant in St. Catherine Protected Area (SCPA), south Sinai, Egypt which represents the remaining evidence from the Tertiary relict floras. Listed by IUCN Red List in 2014 as Critically Endangered, and there are urgent needs to carry out on-ground conservation actions. In this research we present steps to conserve Primula boveana through in-situ practices from planning to implementation, respectively through: a) evaluating the current conservation status through IUCN Red List and determining the environmental factors controlling the distribution of the species that are necessary for establishing the recovery program, b) determine the potential species habitat suitability under the current climate conditions using Maxent software, and c) based on the previous two steps, and in an experiment that is the first in this area, an attempt was done to cultivate dormant treated seeds directly in the suitable habitat for recovery. All of these steps aim to increase population size, Extent of Occurrence (EOO), and Area of Occupancy (AOO), which will contribute to minimize the impact of threats on the target species and reducing the risk of extinction. Environmental factors controlling the distribution of the P. boveana and habitat suitability range were extracted in detail using IUCN Red List Assessment and Species Distribution Model (SDM). Despite the low survival rates of seedlings, which reached 1% of the germinated seeds after 8 months from germination, about 140 new individuals were obtained to be added to the current population as a result of this step with an increase of more than 25 %. Also, the geographical range (EOO) after adding the recovery sites has increased by 230 %, which, if continued, could help reduce pressures on the species as well as the risk of extinction. During this study, we emphasized that the target species is marching toward extinction very quickly and needs rapid intervention to try to save it from the imminent extinction risk due to drought and climate change. Carrying out ex-situ conservation practices has become urgent due to the difficulty in ensuring the success of the in-situ conservation process in the future. Collecting and storing seeds, along with cultivation in greenhouses and botanical gardens, will aid in the conservation of the plant if it is extinct in the wild.



中文翻译:

我们可以保存极度濒危的遗留特有植物物种吗?埃及报春花报春花的案例研究

报春花得克萨斯Decne ex Duby是埃及西奈半岛南部圣凯瑟琳保护区(SCPA)中一种濒临灭绝的古特有植物,代表了第三纪遗物群中的其余证据。世界自然保护联盟(IUCN)2014年红色名录将其列为“极度濒危”,迫切需要开展地面保护行动。在这项研究中,我们提出了通过原位保护报春花报春花的步骤从计划到实施的实践,分别是:a)通过自然保护联盟红色名录评估当前的保护状况,并确定控制物种分布的环境因素,这是建立恢复计划所必需的; b)确定在该计划下潜在的物种栖息地适宜性。使用Maxent软件确定当前的气候条件,以及c)基于前两个步骤,并且是该地区的第一个实验,尝试将休眠处理过的种子直接种植在合适的栖息地中以进行恢复。所有这些步骤旨在增加种群数量,发生率(EOO)和占用面积(AOO),这将有助于最大程度地减少威胁对目标物种的影响并减少灭绝的风险。利用IUCN红色名录评估和物种分布模型(SDM)详细提取了波氏假单胞菌和栖息地适宜性范围。尽管幼苗的存活率很低,发芽后8个月达到了发芽种子的1%,但由于这一步骤,因此大约有140个新个体被添加到当前种群中,增加了25%以上。此外,添加恢复地点后的地理范围(EOO)增加了230%,如果继续进行,则可以帮助减轻对物种的压力以及灭绝的风险。在这项研究中,我们强调目标物种正在迅速走向灭绝,需要迅速干预以设法将其从干旱和气候变化导致的濒临灭绝的风险中拯救出来。开展易地由于难以确保将来原位保护过程的成功,保护实践已变得迫在眉睫。如果植物在野外灭绝,则收集和储存种子以及在温室和植物园中种植将有助于植物的保护。

更新日期:2021-04-27
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