Connectivity underpins the persistence of life; it needs to inform biodiversity conservation
decisions. Yet, when prioritising conservation areas and developing actions, connectivity is …

Integrative and proactive conservation approaches are critical to the long-term persistence
of biodiversity. Molecular data can provide important information on evolutionary processes …

Joint species distribution modelling (JSDM) is a fast-developing field and promises to
revolutionise how data on ecological communities are analysed and interpreted. Written for …

To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, the international
community requires clarity on how these objectives can be operationalized spatially and …

Conservation priorities that are based on species distribution, endemism, and vulnerability
may underrepresent biologically unique species as well as their functional roles and …

Protected areas are one of the main tools for halting the continuing global biodiversity
crisis,,, caused by habitat loss, fragmentation and other anthropogenic pressures …

Biodiversity loss is a social and ecological emergency, and calls have been made for the
global expansion of protected areas (PAs) to tackle this crisis. It is unclear, however, where …

All questions in ecology and problems in conservation play out in space. This simple fact
has generated a long-standing interest from scientists and practitioners, and it is now well …

Spatial conservation prioritization concerns the effective allocation of conservation action. Its
stages include development of an ecologically based model of conservation value, data pre …

Regions harbouring high unique phylogenetic diversity (PD) are priority targets for
conservation. Here, we analyse the global distribution of plant PD, which remains poorly …