Protected areas are essential for conserving biodiversity, and these lands have traditionally
been set aside for this purpose alone. However, the increasing global demand for …

Globally, current food consumption and trade are placing unprecedented demand on
agricultural systems and increasing pressure on natural resources, requiring tradeoffs …

Different dimensions of biodiversity other than species richness, such as phylogenetic and
functional diversity, are increasingly appreciated as critical in conservation planning …

Considered as a hotspot for biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin, Lebanon is currently
witnessing anarchic urbanization and unprecedented destruction of its natural habitats …

Since 1998 the Valencian Community (Spain) has pioneered the establishment of plant
micro-reserves (PMR), which has resulted in a network currently comprising 299 sites. The …

Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea communities are unique vegetal formations in
Europe. In fact, they are considered Priority Habitat by Directive 92/43/EEC. These are …

我们收集整理了中国96 个最受关注濒危物种的分布点信息, 利用Maxent 分布模型模拟其中分布
点信息较为充分的46 个物种的潜在分布区, 将其余50 个分布信息极少物种的分布点直接标示在 …

Threatened species are inadequately represented within protected areas (PAs) across the
globe. Species conservation planning may be improved by using public species-occurrence …

A new methodology combining the concepts of endemicity and threat in order to provide an
objective and highly accurate selection of protected areas is defined. This is a new method …

The identification of areas of endemism is a crucial tool for both the interpretation of the
spatial component of biological evolution and the plotting of priority areas as far as …