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| The mitigation hierarchy for anthropogenic stressors: a conservation behaviour approach Kathleen Church1, Brett Seymoure2, Shannon Crossen3, Kasey Fowler-Finn4, Matthew LeFauve5, Jennifer Phillips6, Bruce Schulte7. 1Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, USA.2The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.3Jacobs Engineering Group, Bellevue, Washington, USA.4Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.5George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.6Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.7North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA |
Abstract
The mitigation hierarchy is used to minimize negative ecological effects of industrial development within the No Net Loss (NNL) framework. Impacts to animals and their habitats are first avoided, then minimized, and then compensated. However, impacts of development on animal behaviour are not usually considered within current frameworks. Here, we show how the mitigation hierarchy can be integrated into a conservation behaviour approach with seven anthropogenic stressors: 1) climate change; 2) resource extraction; 3) chemical contamination; 4) light pollution; 5) noise pollution; 6) human-wildlife conflict; and 7) road development. Negative effects on behaviour due to anthropogenic stressors should be considered more, including behavioural effects of activities that already apply the mitigation hierarchy (e.g., resource extraction, road development), as well as the behavioural impacts from activities not usually considered under existing NNL policies (e.g., light and noise pollution). The inclusion of behavioural impacts in management strategies will likely benefit conservation outcomes and may also help to account for more subtle anthropogenic effects that are often unacknowledged.
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