Conservation planning

Conservation policy in traditional farming landscapes
Many traditional farming landscapes have high conservation value. Conservation policy in such landscapes typically follows a …
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Future land use effects on the connectivity of protected area networks in southeastern Spain
Land-use change is a major driver of the global biodiversity crisis, mainly via the fragmentation and loss of natural habitat. Although …
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Potential habitat connectivity of European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Carpathians
Habitat connectivity is important for the survival of species that occupy habitat patches too small to sustain an isolated population. …
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Refugee species: which historic baseline should inform conservation planning?
Understanding species’ historical ranges can provide important information for conservation planning in the face of environmental …
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Cost-effectiveness of strategies to establish a European bison metapopulation in the Carpathians
Where populations are confined to fragmented, human-dominated landscapes, preventing declines and extirpations will often rely on …
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Predicting potential European bison habitat across its former range
Habitat loss threatens large mammals worldwide, and their survival will depend on habitat in human-dominated landscapes. Conservation …
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European Bison habitat in the Carpathian Mountains
European Bison (Bison bonasus) barely escaped extinction in the early 20th century and now only occur in small isolated herds scattered …
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Post-socialist forest disturbance in the Carpathian border region of Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine
Forests provide important ecosystem services, and protected areas around the world are intended to reduce human disturbance on forests. …
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Effectiveness of protected areas in the Carpathians differs among countries in post-socialist times
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