Integrating habitat models for threatened species with landownership information to inform coastal resiliency and conservation planning

Summary Sea-level rise threatens both human communities and vulnerable species within coastal areas. Joint spatial planning can allow conservation social resiliency goals to work in synergy. We present a case study integrating distribution information of threatened saltmarsh bird, the eastern black rail ( Laterallus jamaicensis ), with facilitate such joint planning. constructed model for an urbanizing region (New Jersey, USA) integrated this publicly available parcel protected area data summarize ownership patterns. estimated that c . 0.3–2.8% 260–2200 ha) is occupied by rail, most which owned (79%). Privately was spread across nearly 5000 individual parcels, 10% contained areas highest likelihood presence according our (top quartile predicted occupancy probabilities). Compared all privately saltmarsh, parcels probable habitat were larger (median: 5 versus 2 ha), more marsh (87% 59%) less economically valuable (US$11 200 US$36 100). Our approach distributions landownership helps clarify trade-offs synergies