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Spatial Conservation Priorities

Spatial Conservation Priorities is a systematic framework within conservation planning that identifies and ranks geographic areas based on their relative importance for biodiversity persistence, distinguished by the integration of spatial data on species distributions, ecological processes, and threats to guide efficient allocation of conservation actions.

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3.2K

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1.2K

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2017–2026

283

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704

A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation

Stephen T. Garnett, Neil D. Burgess, Julia E. Fa et al. · Nature Sustainability · 2018 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Biodiversity Hotspots and Major Tropical Wilderness Areas: Approaches to Setting Conservation Priorities

Russell A. Mittermeier, Norman Myers, Jørgen B. Thomsen et al. · Conservation Biology · 1998 · 1.3K citations

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Biodiversity Hotspots in the Mediterranean Basin: Setting Global Conservation Priorities

Frédéric Mèdail, Pierre Quézel · Conservation Biology · 1999 · 980 citations

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How global biodiversity hotspots may go unrecognized: lessons from the North American Coastal Plain

Reed F. Noss, William Platt, Bruce A. Sorrie et al. · Diversity and Distributions · 2014 · 555 citations · Full text

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Global mammal distributions, biodiversity hotspots, and conservation

Gerardo Ceballos, Paul R. Ehrlich · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 488 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AM
    Atte Moilanen

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    30 publications · 2.9K citations

    26

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  2. HP
    Hugh P. Possingham

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    22 publications · 2K citations

    21

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  3. RL
    Robert L. Pressey

    James Cook University, Australia

    15 publications · 2.4K citations

    15

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  4. HK
    Heini Kujala

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    9 publications · 758 citations

    9

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  5. RM
    Richard M. Cowling

    Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

    9 publications · 1.6K citations

    9

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    32 h-index

    84 publications

    8.3K citations

  2. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    32 h-index

    135 publications

    12.7K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    21 h-index

    71 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    18 h-index

    34 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    23 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    37 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Conservation International

    Arlington, United States

    16 h-index

    32 publications

    7.1K citations

  8. The Nature Conservancy

    Arlington, United States

    16 h-index

    36 publications

    1.8K citations

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  1. Biological Conservation

    91 publications · 7K citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    37 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. Conservation Biology

    44 publications · 5.3K citations

    30

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  4. Biodiversity and Conservation

    47 publications · 2.2K citations

    26

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  5. Diversity and Distributions

    28 publications · 2.6K citations

    25

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