NDLI: Potential impact of invasive alien species on ecosystem services provided by a tropical forested ecosystem: a case study from Montserrat

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Author	Peh, Kelvin S. H. Balmford, Andrew Birch, Jennifer C. Brown, Claire Butchart, Stuart H. M. Daley, James Dawson, Jeffrey Gray, Gerard Hughes, Francine M. R. Mendes, Stephen Millett, James Stattersfield, Alison J. Thomas, David H. L. Walpole, Matt Bradbury, Richard B.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Local stakeholders at the important but vulnerable Centre Hills on Montserrat consider that the continued presence of feral livestock (particularly goats and pigs) may lead to widespread replacement of the reserve’s native vegetation by invasive alien trees (Java plum and guava), and consequent negative impacts on native animal species. Since 2009, a hunting programme to control the feral livestock has been in operation. However long-term funding is not assured. Here, we estimate the effect of feral livestock control on ecosystem services provided by the forest to evaluate whether the biodiversity conservation rationale for continuation of the control programme is supported by an economic case. A new practical tool (Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment) was employed to measure and compare ecosystem service provision between two states of the reserve (i.e. presence and absence of feral livestock control) to estimate the net consequences of the hunting programme on ecosystem services provided by the forest. Based on this we estimate that cessation of feral livestock management would substantially reduce the net benefits provided by the site, including a 46 % reduction in nature-based tourism (from $419,000 to $228,000) and 36 % reduction in harvested wild meat (from $205,000 to $132,000). The overall net benefit generated from annual ecosystem service flows associated with livestock control in the reserve, minus the management cost, was $214,000 per year. We conclude that continued feral livestock control is important for maintaining the current level of ecosystem services provided by the reserve.
Starting Page	461
Ending Page	475
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13873547
Journal	Biological Invasions
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15731464
Language	English
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Publisher Date	2014-07-04
Publisher Place	Cham
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Carbon Feral livestock Guava Harvested wild goods Java plum Nature-based tourism Non-native TESSA Ecology Freshwater & Marine Ecology Plant Sciences Developmental Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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