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The sensitivity of gap analysis to conservation targets [PDF]
Biodiversity and Conservation, 2010 A crucial stage in systematic conservation planning is the definition of explicit conservation targets to be achieved by a network of protected areas. A wide variety of targets have been employed, including overall percentage area, uniform representation of biodiversity features, and variable targets according to conservation interest.
Ana S L Rodrigues, Raphaël Mathevet
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Bridging the “gap” in systematic conservation planning
Journal for Nature Conservation, 2016Abstract Biodiversity hotspots at the global and national scale have contributed important information for biodiversity conservation; however, in hotspot designation two kinds of “gap” greatly limit conservation planning, which this study identifies as the “scale gap” and the “conservation gap”.
Yin-bo Zhang +5 more
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A Conservation Gap Analysis of Brazil's Amazonian Vegetation
Conservation Biology, 1995Abstract: Vegetation types lacking protection in the existing conservation units of the nine states in the Brazilian Legal Amazon were identified, and locations were noted where these vegetation types could be protected.
Fearnside, Philip Martin +1 more
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Conservation Prioritization Using GAP Data
Conservation Biology, 1996Data collected by the Gap Analysis Program in the state of Idaho (U.S.A.) are used to prioritize the selection of locations for conservation action and research. Set coverage and integer programming algorithms provide a sequence of localities that maximize the number of species or vegetation classes represented at each step. Richness maps of vegetation
A. Ross Kiester +6 more
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A Longitudinal Test of the Conservative-Liberal Well-Being Gap
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2022In this article, we test if conservatism predicts psychological well-being longitudinally. We based the study on previous findings showing that conservatives score higher on different measures of well-being, such as life satisfaction and happiness.
Salvador Vargas Salfate +3 more
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Testing the Attendance Gap in a Conservative Church
Sociology of Religion, 1999This paper examines the overreporting of attendance at a large evangelical church using a poll of church members conducted during the seven days following a specific Sunday morning worship service. It provides a direct (temporal and individual) test of the connection between self-reported church attendance and actual, observed attendance. Overreporting
Penny Long Marler, C. Kirk Hadaway
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Mapping the biodiversity conservation gaps in the East China sea
Journal of Environmental Management, 2023Being one of the most productive China seas, the East China Sea is facing the challenge of unprecedented biodiversity loss and habitat degradation under the dual pressure of anthropogenic disturbance and climate change. Although marine protected areas (MPAs) are considered an effective conservation tool, it remains unclear whether existing MPAs ...
Zihan Wang, Cong Zeng, Ling Cao
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