Humanity will soon define a new era for nature—one that seeks to transform decades of
underwhelming responses to the global biodiversity crisis. Area-based conservation efforts …

Conservation plans increasingly include goals to maintain a connected network. For
example, planners might design a linkage between two conserved areas, or the parties to …

Rapid urbanization would lead to deterioration of the eco-environment and damage the
functioning of ecosystem services. Ecological security pattern (ESP) is one of important …

The maintenance of biodiversity and the capacity of natural systems to provide goods and
services for people is affected on different levels by the intensity of human activities on …

The construction of an ecological security pattern (ESP) is an effective measure to improve
the structure and function of ecosystems, maintain ecosystem services, and ensure …

Every year, many wild animals undertake long-distance migration to breed in the north,
taking advantage of seasonally high pulses in food supply, fewer parasites, and lower …

Connectivity of protected areas (PAs) is crucial for meeting their conservation goals. We
provide the first global evaluation of countries' progress towards Aichi Target 11 of the …

The establishment of ecological networks is crucial for biodiversity conservation, especially
at broad spatial scales. It is still challenging to develop an ecological network construction …

Context The major goal of ecological security patterns (ESPs) is to identify key ecological
sources and corridors, which play an important role in achieving regional sustainability …

Context Most researchers focus on the identification of ecological security pattern. However,
there is a lack of research on the ecological security pattern of karst fragile area with …