Fresh research suggests that national parks enhance bird diversity inside their borders. Large parks also support higher diversity of both birds and mammals in nearby unprotected areas.
Scientists have long assumed that national parks help conserve wildlife and protect biodiversity. But is that truly the case?
But on the other hand, marine parks often report biodiversity"spillover," meaning that species protected within park boundaries produce an abundance of eggs, larvae and adults that then disperse and increase the biodiversity in surrounding habitats. "Massive expansions to global protected area coverage will be difficult and expensive, but our results show that it's worth it," Brodie said.
"If governments responsible for gazetting protected areas think that it is difficult to protect large areas now, it's simply going to get more difficult with exasperating socio-political setbacks in the future," Jayasilan said."Not all parks are equal," said co-author Dr. Mairin Deith of the University of British Columbia, Canada."Larger parks routinely had higher bird diversity.
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