Understanding the spatial pattern of ecosystem services is important for effective environmental policy and decision-making. In this study, we use a geospatial decision-support tool (Marxan) to identify conservation priorities for habitat and a suite of ecosystem services (storage carbon, soil retention and water yield) in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest from Misiones, Argentina—an area of glo...

While the importance of spatial scale in ecology is well established, few studies have investigated the impact of data grain on conservation planning outcomes. In this study, we compared species richness hotspot and representation networks developed at five grain sizes. We used species distribution maps for mammals and birds developed by the Arizona and New Mexico Gap Analysis Programs (GAP) to...

The eastern English Channel is a significant economic area that supports a number of human-based activities, such as tourism and recreational activities, international ports and shipping, and the extraction of both living and mineral resources. In addition, the region supports a number of important marine biological features and large habitat diversity. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are increas...

The Natura 2000 network is the centerpiece of European Union conservation strategy to safeguard priority species and habitats. question whether other co-occurring concern may also benefit from this network, however, remains largely unknown. Here, we used a systematic approach (MARXAN) for i) evaluating if current in Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean Sea), initially proposed protect common bott...

The identification of priority restoration areas (PRAs) for ecosystems is a critical step in establishing programs. Because the majority existing studies focused on improving ecosystem supply, PRAs selected are likely to be remote from human demand, and benefits will not flow humans. To fill this gap, we constructed an improved framework integrating ecological projects’ cost as indicators choos...