Knowing but not doing: selecting priority conservation areas and the research–implementation gap

AT Knight, RM Cowling, M Rouget… - Conservation …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation assessment is a rapidly evolving discipline whose stated goal is the design of
networks of protected areas that represent and ensure the persistence of nature (ie, species …

Conservation planning in a changing world

RL Pressey, M Cabeza, ME Watts, RM Cowling… - Trends in ecology & …, 2007 - cell.com
Conservation planning is the process of locating, configuring, implementing and maintaining
areas that are managed to promote the persistence of biodiversity and other natural values …

[HTML][HTML] Construction and optimization strategy of ecological security pattern in a rapidly urbanizing region: A case study in central-south China

M Ding, W Liu, L Xiao, F Zhong, N Lu, J Zhang… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization would lead to deterioration of the eco-environment and damage the
functioning of ecosystem services. Ecological security pattern (ESP) is one of important …

Applying ant colony algorithm to identify ecological security patterns in megacities

J Peng, S Zhao, J Dong, Y Liu, J Meersmans… - … Modelling & Software, 2019 - Elsevier
Ecological security patterns composed of ecological sources and corridors provide an
effective approach to conserving natural ecosystems. Although the direction of ecological …

Building evolutionary resilience for conserving biodiversity under climate change

CM Sgrò, AJ Lowe, AA Hoffmann - Evolutionary applications, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Evolution occurs rapidly and is an ongoing process in our environments. Evolutionary
principles need to be built into conservation efforts, particularly given the stressful conditions …

Using circuit theory to model connectivity in ecology, evolution, and conservation

BH McRae, BG Dickson, TH Keitt, VB Shah - Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity among populations and habitats is important for a wide range of ecological
processes. Understanding, preserving, and restoring connectivity in complex landscapes …

[HTML][HTML] Ecologically-relevant maps of landforms and physiographic diversity for climate adaptation planning

DM Theobald, D Harrison-Atlas, WB Monahan… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Key to understanding the implications of climate and land use change on biodiversity and
natural resources is to incorporate the physiographic platform on which changes in …

Integrating spatial continuous wavelet transform and kernel density estimation to identify ecological corridors in megacities

J Dong, J Peng, Y Liu, S Qiu, Y Han - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
Ecological corridors are effective to prevent ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss
through promoting the connection among discrete habitat patches. Identifying ecological …

Integrating economic costs into conservation planning

R Naidoo, A Balmford, PJ Ferraro, S Polasky… - Trends in ecology & …, 2006 - cell.com
Recent studies that incorporate the spatial distributions of biological benefits and economic
costs in conservation planning have shown that limited budgets can achieve substantially …

[图书][B] Knowing nature: Conversations at the intersection of political ecology and science studies

MJ Goldman, P Nadasdy, MD Turner - 2019 - degruyter.com
Political ecology and science studies have found fertile meeting ground in environmental
studies. While the two distinct areas of inquiry approach the environment from different …