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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"conservation prioritization"”.
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High-Resolution Mapping of Fish Conservation Priorities within the Mobile River Basin
… and potential protected areas include spatial conservation prioritization algorithms combined with open access electronic databases (Troia and McManamay 2016). These libraries provide a list of species inventories built up over time, cover a wide range of geographic areas and environments, and …
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Regional Extinction Risk and Conservation Priorities for Persian Gulf Marine Bony Fishes
… the world, protected areas are the primary conservation measure used to combat biodiversity loss; however, these are often established without comprehensive species-specific information, leading to placement in areas that often do not address the processes that threaten biodiversity. To …
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Rapid Quantitative Assessment to Assist in Identification of Imperiled Fishes
Methodologies for ranking conservation status of fishes range from a rapid qualitative method (e.g., expert opinion) commonly used by state agencies to time-consuming quantitative method (i.e., Species Status Assessment; SSA) currently used by US Fish and Wildlife Service. Purpose of this study was …
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A Global GIS Analysis of Primate Diversity and Biogeography: Assessing Trends in Habitat Loss and Extinction Risk to Inform Primate Conservation
… and habitat loss examined here indicate urgent conservation action is needed in order to protect the most threatened primate species. Ultimately, the analytic tools developed in this dissertation are intended support conservation planning and prioritization, including identifying the most …
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Strategic Conservation Planning for High Knob, Virginia: A GIS Decision Support Approach
Conservation strategies frequently require prioritization of targets due to limited budgets and personnel. Prioritization involves choosing those areas that return the most conservation value for the time and money invested. Hence, the process of prioritization involves evaluating multiple …