Conservation planning is the process of locating, configuring, implementing and maintaining
areas that are managed to promote the persistence of biodiversity and other natural values …

▪ Abstract Species extinctions and the deterioration of other biodiversity features worldwide
have led to the adoption of systematic conservation planning in many regions of the world …

We produced a conservation plan that achieved conservation targets for biodiversity pattern
and process in the species-and endemic-rich Cape Floristic Region of South Africa …

The Cape Floristic Region of South Africa is a global biodiversity hotspot. In 1998, a process
of conservation planning began in the region that required quantitative targets for …

International agreements, environmental laws, resource management agencies, and
environmental nongovernmental organizations all establish objectives that define what they …

The concept of refugee species provides a theoretical framework towards increasing the
predictive power of the 'declining population paradigm'through identifying species which are …

A major challenge for conservation assessments is to identify priority areas that incorporate
biological patterns and processes. Because large‐scale processes are mostly oriented …

As renowned species for use in sand fixation and traditional Chinese medicines, Ephedra
sinica Stapf, Ephedra intermedia Schrenk ex Mey and Ephedra equisetina Bunge have …

Human land-use results in widespread range change across taxa. Anthropogenic pressures
can result in species' realized niches expanding, shifting, or contracting. Marginalization …

Fundamentals of Biogeography presents an accessible, engaging and comprehensive
introduction to biogeography, explaining the ecology, geography, history and conservation …