This article formulates and tests set covering and related models with spatial characteristics for selecting sites that provide habitat for species that are identified as “critical” (e.g., typically threatened, endangered, or rare), thereby enhancing their persistence. The first two models presented require the creation of a core area for each critical species and a buffer zone surrounding the core, with and without being constrained to include at least one representation of each and every common (i.e., noncritical) species. The final model aims at minimizing costs of protecting predetermined numbers of common species while all critical species remain covered and buffered. These models are implemented for occurrence data of terrestrial mamm...
Oaxaca, located in south-west México within the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, holds exceptional...
Spatially-explicit optimal reserve design models select best sites from a set of candidate sites to ...
Establishing biological reserves in key habitats is one method of preventing loss of biodiversity. W...
Given the limited resources to set aside protected areas for biodiversity conservation, as well as c...
Current reserve selection algorithms have difficulty evaluating connectivity and other factors neces...
Expanding habitat protection is a common strategy for species conservation. We present a model to op...
Exurban areas have increasingly become zones of conflict as conservation and development compete for...
Protected areas form the cornerstone of global efforts to conserve biodiversity. The goal of systema...
Conserving biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes requires protecting networks of ecological re...
This study demonstrates a method for modelling species habitats and selecting reserves for their con...
Multiple alternative options are frequently available for the protection, maintenance or restoration...
Environmental assessments of regional development projects have been used in Mexico to determine whe...
Although the aim of conservation planning is the persistence of biodiversity, current methods trade-...
Biologists and wildlife managers recognise the need for systematic reserve selection techniques to ...
Place prioritization for biodiversity representation is essential for conservation planning, particu...
Oaxaca, located in south-west México within the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, holds exceptional...
Spatially-explicit optimal reserve design models select best sites from a set of candidate sites to ...
Establishing biological reserves in key habitats is one method of preventing loss of biodiversity. W...
Given the limited resources to set aside protected areas for biodiversity conservation, as well as c...
Current reserve selection algorithms have difficulty evaluating connectivity and other factors neces...
Expanding habitat protection is a common strategy for species conservation. We present a model to op...
Exurban areas have increasingly become zones of conflict as conservation and development compete for...
Protected areas form the cornerstone of global efforts to conserve biodiversity. The goal of systema...
Conserving biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes requires protecting networks of ecological re...
This study demonstrates a method for modelling species habitats and selecting reserves for their con...
Multiple alternative options are frequently available for the protection, maintenance or restoration...
Environmental assessments of regional development projects have been used in Mexico to determine whe...
Although the aim of conservation planning is the persistence of biodiversity, current methods trade-...
Biologists and wildlife managers recognise the need for systematic reserve selection techniques to ...
Place prioritization for biodiversity representation is essential for conservation planning, particu...
Oaxaca, located in south-west México within the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, holds exceptional...
Spatially-explicit optimal reserve design models select best sites from a set of candidate sites to ...
Establishing biological reserves in key habitats is one method of preventing loss of biodiversity. W...