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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1885-1891 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
Volume | 272 |
Issue number | 1575 |
Early online date | 2 Aug 2005 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 22 Sept 2005 |