Place prioritization for biodiversity content

Journal of biosciences

Anshu Aggarwal²  Juliane Zeidler¹  Justin Garson²  Sahotra Sarkar1²  Chris R Margules³ 

[1] Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, PO Box 20232, Windhoek, Namibia$$;Biodiversity and Biocultural Restoration Laboratory, Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Waggener 316, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1180, USA$$;CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, Tropical Forest Research Centre, PO Box 780, Atherton, Queensland 4883, Australia$$

关键词: Area selection;    Falkland Islands;    Islas Malvinas;    Namibia;    place prioritization;    reserve network design;   

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来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

The prioritization of places on the basis of biodiversity content is part of any systematic biodiversity conservation planning process. The place prioritization procedure implemented in the ResNet software package is described. This procedure is primarily based on the principles of rarity and complementarity. Application of the procedure is demonstrated with two analyses, one data set consisting of the distributions of termite genera in Namibia, and the other consisting of the distributions of bird species in the Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands. The attributes that data sets should have for the effective and reliable application of such procedures are discussed. The procedure used here is compared to some others that are also currently in use.

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