Role of multi-tenure reserve networks in improving reserve design and connectivity
Fitzsimons, James A. and Wescott, Geoff 2008, Role of multi-tenure reserve networks in improving reserve design and connectivity, Landscape and urban planning, vol. 85, no. 3-4, pp. 163-173, doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.11.001.
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Role of multi-tenure reserve networks in improving reserve design and connectivity
Multi-tenure reserve networks aim to connect areas managed for biodiversity conservation across public and private land. This paper seeks to determine to what extent multi-tenure reserve networks improve the reserve design and connectivity of the public protected area estate, using three networks in southeastern Australia as case studies. Network configuration varied considerably and those networks with generally larger parcels tended to be better connected. On average, public land components were larger than private land components in all networks. Two networks had 18 components physically adjoining other network components while another had only 6 components adjoining. Importantly for two of the networks, the average distance between the nearest neighbouring component was significantly less than average distances between public protected areas in the subregion. Thus these multi-tenure reserve networks acted to enhance the existing public protected area estate by increasing the potential linkages in the landscape and therefore the viability of individual public protected areas.
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