Distribution of threatened-unprotected vertebrates as a basis for conservation planning

摘要: The distribution of threatened species often serves to drive conservation decisions. Much the many is already protected. These may need fostering, but not necessarily further protected areas. We propose a simple and generic means assessing degree protection presently offered species, namely, proportion its that unprotected. This index classifies into two classes: most their range either (1) inside areas (protected), or (2) outside (unprotected). evaluation land for planning should be based chiefly on those are yet by current reserve network. Our approach exemplified in case study vertebrate Israel. constructed "hotspots map" using only have more than 60% unprotected (n = 57), a...