[Coral-List] multiple species connectivity and habitat quality into conservation planning for coral reefs
Rafael Magris
rafael.magris at my.jcu.edu.au
Mon Aug 10 03:49:18 EDT 2015
Hi all,
For your information just out a newly published paper in Ecography on
integration of multi-species connectivity and habitat quality in
conservation planning
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.01507/abstract>.
By combining remote sensing, connectivity modeling and decision support
tool (Marxan), we explicitly derived conservation objectives regarding
connectivity and addressed important issues related to this incorporation,
which include:
1) the need to consider connectivity for multiple species with different
dispersal abilities, and
2) the role played by variable habitat quality in determining the spatial
patterns of connectivity.
The direct link to the manuscript is:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.01507/abstract
I will also provide the accepted version through my profile on Research Gate
<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rafael_Almeida_Magris>.
Apologies for cross-posting and I hope you enjoy reading it.
Regards, Rafael Magris
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Rafael Magris
PhD Candidate
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University
Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
Phone: +61 07 4781 6063
Fax: +61 07 4781 6722
*http://www.coralcoe.org.au/programs-initiatives/program-6-conservation-planning
<http://www.coralcoe.org.au/programs-initiatives/program-6-conservation-planning>*
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