Species and space: A combined gap analysis to guide management planning of conservation areas

Mohsen Ahmadi; Mohammad S. Farhadinia; Samuel A. Cushman; Mahmoud-Reza Hemami; Bagher Nezami Balouchi; Houman Jowkar; David W. Macdonald

doi:10.1007/s10980-020-01033-5

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Species and space: A combined gap analysis to guide management planning of conservation areas

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Authors:

Mohsen Ahmadi, Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Samuel A. Cushman, Mahmoud-Reza Hemami, Bagher Nezami Balouchi, Houman Jowkar, David W. Macdonald

Year:

2020

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-01033-5

Source:

Landscape Ecology. 35: 1505-1517.

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Abstract

With accelerating global declines in biodiversity, establishment and expansion of conservation areas (CAs) have increasingly been advocated in recent decades. Gap analysis has been useful to evaluate the sufficiency and performance of CAs. Objectives Researchers often identify putative gaps in the protection of biodiversity in CA networks, drawing on evidence from species occurrence patterns (i.e., representation), yet the effect on the gap analyses of the spatial configuration of CAs is poorly understood.

Keywords

conservation network, species distribution models, graph theory, connectivity, large carnivores, conservation planning

Citation

Ahmadi, Mohsen; Farhadinia, Mohammad S.; Cushman, Samuel A.; Hemami, Mahmoud-Reza; Balouchi, Bagher Nezami; Jowkar, Houman; Macdonald, David W. 2020. Species and space: A combined gap analysis to guide management planning of conservation areas. Landscape Ecology. 35: 1505-1517.