Systematic Priority Area Assessment in the South Beringia Priority Place and the Dawson Planning Region, Yukon

To develop a Marxan-based dataset of priority areas for migratory bird species, species at risk and Beringian specialist species within the South Beringia Priority Place and the Dawson Planning Region. This information will be used as input to the Dawson Regional Planning Commission for consideration in development of the Dawson Land Use Plan, and for use in the Pan-Canadian approach to species at risk conservation in the Yukon. THE WORK

Analysis 1. Assess the priority areas for all migratory bird species, species at risk and Beringian specialist species using species range data (simplified conservation feature data) in the South Beringia Priority Place and the Dawson Planning Region.

Analysis 2. Assess the priority areas for all migratory bird species, species at risk and Beringian specialist species using available observation/occurrence data (simplified conservation feature data) in the South Beringia Priority Place and the Dawson Planning Region.

Analysis 3. Assessment of priority areas for a group of landbirds using species distribution models (detailed conservation feature data) and compare priority areas for a group of landbirds using simplified conservation feature data and detailed conservation feature data in the South Beringia Priority Place and the Dawson Planning Region.