Effect of the landscape matrix condition for prioritizing multispecies connectivity conservation in a highly biodiverse landscape of Central Mexico

摘要: Implementing and monitoring long-term conservation strategies demands identifying priorities for preserving landscape connectivity. In this manuscript, we present an approach to prioritize areas connectivity by using the matrix in central-western Mexico habitat patches considering ensembles of different terrestrial organisms. We aggregated three multispecies scenarios into a composite corridor scenario. To evaluate which corridors were more important connectivity, used model based on two ways: (1) contribution that connects overall (2) corridor’s capability facilitating movement across network patches. Habitat classified according their value hybridizing circuit-based spatial prioritization models conservation. developed current flow each species (n = 40) combined them four corresponding groups all-species group. found having highest accumulated importance (CI ≥ 58) are located along protected Pico de Tancitaro Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Reserva la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca–RBMM, Spanish acronym), have relatively similar distributions compared with priority (relative rank test = 0.6). Within those areas, there permeable sectors high retention values could optimize ecological function as corridors. Our is applicable landscapes, it allows integrating elements outside