[Coral-List] multiple species connectivity and habitat quality into conservation planning for coral reefs

[Rafael Magris]

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
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