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Conservation Efforts and Economic Feasibility of Preserving Clematis socialis. Courtney Holt May 1, 2005. Species Background. Alabama leather flower Distribution Reproduction. Status. Endangered Threats Management efforts Species recovery plan (USFWS) Increasing population sizes
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Conservation Efforts and Economic Feasibility of Preserving Clematis socialis Courtney Holt May 1, 2005
Species Background • Alabama leather flower • Distribution • Reproduction
Status • Endangered • Threats • Management efforts • Species recovery plan (USFWS) • Increasing population sizes • Boyd and Hilton (1994)
Tissue Culturing • Collection of plant tissue • Grown on media • Hormones • Nutrients • Sugars • Undefined constituents • Acclimation
Shoot Growth • 103 shoot and flower bud samples collected on March 16, 2000 • Growth media • 0.5 mg/l BAP, 0.5 mg/l NAA • Antibiotics • Removal of NAA and increase in BAP to 1.0 mg/l increased shoot production
Root Growth • Cultures with successful shoots transferred to medium with 0.5mg/l IBA • Some transferred to hormone-free media • 50% rooting • Some left on 0.5IBA media • 62% rooting
Acclimation • 80 mm terra cotta pots • 1:1 sand soil mixture • Covered with clear plastic cups • Plants remained small ex vitro • Potential reintroduction
Further Efforts at Root Growth • Decrease in rooting success with .5IBA WP • Plants taken from all 17 lines and placed on either • .5IBA WP (38 plants) • .5IBA 1/2WP (37 plants) • Shoot height recorded
Methods of Valuation • Use values • Passive-use values • Option value • Existence value • Combinations of these values typically motivate preservation
Contingent Valuation • Directly places value on resource, species, etc. • People are asked their willingness to pay contingent on a hypothetical scenario
Surveys • 4 survey types • Black and white picture • Color picture • In-state • Only in Alabama • Open-ended question
Total Payment Projections • Willingness to pay extrapolated using US population (18 years and older) • $6,485 spent by CREW per year on C. socialis
Conclusions • Conservation efforts appear to have support for C. socialis • Support for larger variety of species? • More extensive surveys necessary