Prioritizing multiple-use landscapes for conservation: Methods for large multi-species planning problems

Atte Moilanen, Aldina M. A. Franco, Regan I. Early, Richard Fox, Brendan Wintle, Chris D. Thomas

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Abstract

Across large parts of the world, wildlife has to coexist with human activity in highly modified and fragmented landscapes. Combining concepts from population viability analysis and spatial reserve design, this study develops efficient quantitative methods for identifying conservation core areas at large, even national or continental scales. The proposed methods emphasize long-term population persistence, are applicable to both fragmented and natural landscape structures, and produce a hierarchical zonation of regional conservation priority. The methods are applied to both observational data for threatened butterflies at the scale of Britain and modelled probability of occurrence surfaces for indicator species in part of Australia. In both cases, priority landscapes important for conservation management are identified.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1885-1891
Number of pages7
JournalProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume272
Issue number1575
Early online date2 Aug 2005
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Sept 2005

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