Demystifying ecological connectivity for actionable spatial conservation planning

M Beger, A Metaxas, AC Balbar, JA McGowan… - Trends in ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Connectivity underpins the persistence of life; it needs to inform biodiversity conservation
decisions. Yet, when prioritising conservation areas and develo** actions, connectivity is …

Minimum viable populations: is there a 'magic number'for conservation practitioners?

CH Flather, GD Hayward, SR Beissinger… - Trends in ecology & …, 2011 - cell.com
Establishing species conservation priorities and recovery goals is often enhanced by
extinction risk estimates. The need to set goals, even in data-deficient situations, has …

[HTML][HTML] An assessment of the representation of ecosystems in global protected areas using new maps of World Climate Regions and World Ecosystems

R Sayre, D Karagulle, C Frye, T Boucher… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Representation of ecosystems in protected area networks and conservation
strategies is a core principle of global conservation priority setting approaches and a …

Quantifying species recovery and conservation success to develop an IUCN Green List of Species

HR Akçakaya, EL Bennett, TM Brooks… - Conservation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stop** declines in biodiversity is critically important, but it is only a first step toward
achieving more ambitious conservation goals. The absence of an objective and practical …

Minimum viable population size: a meta-analysis of 30 years of published estimates

LW Traill, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook - Biological conservation, 2007 - Elsevier
We present the first meta-analysis of a key measure in conservation biology: minimum viable
population (MVP) size. Our analysis is based on studies published since the early 1970s …

[書籍][B] Bayesian networks: a practical guide to applications

O Pourret, P Na, B Marcot - 2008 - books.google.com
Bayesian Networks, the result of the convergence of artificial intelligence with statistics, are
growing in popularity. Their versatility and modelling power is now employed across a …

Integrating connectivity and climate change into marine conservation planning

RA Magris, RL Pressey, R Weeks, NC Ban - Biological Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
Most applications of systematic conservation planning have not effectively incorporated
biological processes or dynamic threats. We investigated the extent to which connectivity …

Invasion versus isolation: trade‐offs in managing native salmonids with barriers to upstream movement

KD Fausch, BE Rieman, JB Dunham… - Conservation …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation biologists often face the trade‐off that increasing connectivity in fragmented
landscapes to reduce extinction risk of native species can foster invasion by non‐native …

Policy-driven versus evidence-based conservation: a review of political targets and biological needs

LK Svancara, R Brannon J, M Scott, CR Groves… - …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Abstract “How much is enough?” is a question that conservationists, scientists, and
policymakers have struggled with for years in conservation planning. To answer this …

Techno-economic assessment of chp systems in wastewater treatment plants

DM Riley, J Tian, G Güngör-Demirci, P Phelan… - Environments, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) utilization of combined heat and power (CHP) systems
allows for the efficient use of on-site biogas production, as well as increased annual savings …