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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Demystifying ecological connectivity for actionable spatial conservation planning |
Author: | Beger, M. Metaxas, A. Balbar, A.C. McGowan, J.A. Daigle, R. Kuempel, C.D. Treml, E.A. Possingham, H.P. |
Citation: | Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2022; 37(12):1079-1091 |
Publisher: | CELL PRESS |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 0169-5347 1872-8383 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Maria Beger, Anna Metaxas, Arieanna C. Balbar, Jennifer A. McGowan, Remi Daigle, Caitlin D. Kuempel, Eric A. Treml, and Hugh P. Possingham |
Abstract: | Connectivity underpins the persistence of life; it needs to inform biodiversity conservation decisions. Yet, when prioritising conservation areas and developing actions, connectivity is not being operationalised in spatial planning. The challenge is the translation of flows associated with connectivity into conservation objectives that lead to actions. Connectivity is nebulous, it can be abstract and mean different things to different people, making it difficult to include in conservation problems. Here, we show how connectivity can be included in mathematically defining conservation planning objectives. We provide a path forward for linking connectivity to high-level conservation goals, such as increasing species' persistence. We propose ways to design spatial management areas that gain biodiversity benefit from connectivity. |
Keywords: | connectivity conservation prioritisation global conservation dispersal connectivity land-sea connectivity flow processes |
Description: | Available online 28 September 2022, Version of Record 8 November 2022. |
Rights: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.002 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE110001014 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.002 |
Appears in Collections: | Earth and Environmental Sciences publications |
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