Biodiversity and WorldMap
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PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO WORLDMAP in pressConservation priorities for birds and biodiversity:
do East African Important Bird Areas represent species diversity in
other terrestrial vertebrate groups? Quantitative methods of priority setting. Grid cells, polygons, and ecoregions in biogeography
and in biodiversity priority-area selection. [Gap Analysis: pros and cons to an evaluation of
the Natura 2000 network in Portugal. (in Portuguese).]
2003Loiselle, B. A., Howell, C. A., Graham, C. H., Goerck, J. M., Brooks, T., Smith, K. G. & Williams, P. H. 2003. Conservation Biology 17: 1591-1600 Building indicator groups based on species characteristics
can improve conservation planning. Heuristic and optimal solutions for set-covering
problems in conservation biology. Taxonomic diversity of vascular plants in the European
alpine areas. Integrating biodiversity priorities with conflicting
socio-economic values in the Guinean-Congolian forest region. Performance of sub-Saharan vertebrates as indicator
groups for identifying priority areas for conservation.
2002Dynamics of extinction and the selection of nature
reserves. The distribution of cultural and biological diversity
in Africa. A sequential approach to minimise threats within
selected conservation areas. How much of the vertebrate diversity of sub-Saharan
Africa is catered for by recent conservation proposals? Representing biodiversity: data and procedures for
identifying priority areas for conservation. Data requirements and data sources for biodiversity
priority area selection. Apples, oranges, and probabilities: Integrating multiple
factors into biodiversity conservation with consistency. 2001Araujo, M. B., Humphries, C. J., Densham, P. J., Lampinen, R., Hagemeijer, W. J. M., Mitchell-Jones, A. J. & Gasc, J. P. Ecography 24: 103-110. The
bias of complementarity hotspots towards marginal populations. A sequential approach to minimise threats within
selected conservation areas. Toward a blueprint for conservation in Africa. Conservation priorities for birds and biodiversity:
do East African Important Bird Areas represent species diversity in
other terrestrial vertebrate groups? Flexibility and the use of indicator taxa in the
selection of sites for nature reserves. Apples, oranges, and probabilities: Integrating multiple
factors into biodiversity conservation with consistency. Grid cells, polygons, and ecoregions in biogeography
and in biodiversity priority-area selection. Quantitative methods of priority setting.
2000Araujo, M. B. & Williams, P. H. Biological Conservation 96: 331-345. The calculus of biodiversity: integrating phylogeny
and conservation. Brooks, T., Jahn, A., Limp, F., Smith, K., Mehlman, D., Roca, R. & Williams, P. CD-ROM, distributed by The Nature Conservancy, Arlington. The mid-domain effect: geometric constraints on the
geography of species richness. Following Africa's lead in setting priorities (Correspondence).
Fonseca, G., Balmford, A., Bibby, C., Boitani, L., Brooks, T., Burgess,
N., Corsi, F., Dinerstein, E., Gascon, C., Hannah, L., Lovett, J.,
Mittermeier, R. A., Moyer, D., Olivieri, S., Olson, D., Rahbek, C.,
Stuart S. & Williams, P. H. A preliminary assessment of the contribution of nature
reserves to biodiversity conservation in Great Britain. Patterns of plant diversity in Africa south of the
Sahara and their implications for conservation management. [A quantitative biological analysis of the efficiency
of Danish nature reserve management - with emphasis on biological
diversity.] It's time to work together and stop duplicating conservation
efforts (Correspondence). Detection of macro-ecological patterns in South American
hummingbirds is affected by spatial scale. Portuguese bryophyte diversity and priority areas
for conservation. Some properties of rarity scores for site-quality
assessment. Complementarity. Using probabilities of persistence to identify important
areas for biodiversity conservation. Integrating species and ecosystem monitoring for
identifying conservation priorities. Assessing large 'flagship species' for representing
the diversity of sub-Saharan mammals. Flagship species, ecological complementarity, and
conserving the diversity of mammals and birds in sub-Saharan Africa. Endemism and important areas for conserving European
biodiversity: a preliminary exploration of atlas data for plants and
terrestrial vertebrates.
1999Distribution patterns of biodiversity and the design
of a representative reserve network in Portugal. Patterns of African primate diversity. Correlation between endemism and local ecoclimatic
stability documented by comparing Andean bird distributions and remotely
sensed land surface data. Biogeography of the Lepidoptera. Plant diversity in Europe: Atlas Florae Europaeae
and WORLDMAP. A null model for species richness gradients: bounded
range overlap of butterflies and other rainforest endemics in Madagascar.
Effects of data characteristics on the results of
reserve selection algorithms. Mapping Europe's Biodiversity, making a start
with species: mapping plants and vertebrates. Important Plant Areas of Europe: exploring the consequences
of selection criteria. Interpreting biogeographical boundaries among Afrotropical
birds: spatial patterns in richness gradients and species replacement.
1998Global patterns in species richness of pelagic seabirds: the Procellariiformes.Chown, S. L., Gaston, K. J. & Williams, P. H. Ecography, 21: 342-350. Continent-wide conservation priorities and diversification
processes. Patterns of African primate diversity and their evaluation
for the selection of conservation areas. [The conservation of biodiversity in the Iberian
Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. What can we do with floristic
data?]. Land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola)
in biodiversity and conservation studies. An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis
of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini). Key sites for conservation: area-selection methods
for biodiversity. Biodiversity indicators: graphical techniques, smoothing
and searching for what makes relationships work. Mapping Europe's biodiversity. 1997Mapping the boundaries: variation in the transition zones to the European Mediterranean Region.Araújo, M. B. Poster to MEDECOS VIII (Global Change Conference on Mediterranean Ecosystems), San Diego 18-26 October. The relationship between geographic area and the
latitudinal gradient in species richness in New World birds. A comparison of reserve selection algorithms using
data on terrestrial vertebrates in Oregon. Species richness and endemism in South American birds:
implications for the design of networks of nature reserves. Age, area and avian diversification. Systematics and biogeography of mycalesine butterflies
(Lepidoptera: Satyrinae) in Madagascar. Using patterns of distribution and diversity of Kenyan
birds to select and prioritize areas for conservation. Alpha taxonomy of Madagascar endemic butterfly
Strabena (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) and its implication in conservation.
Mapping biodiversity value world-wide: combining
higher-taxon richness from different groups. 1996Biogeography or enariine (Melolonthidae) and cicindelid beetles in Madagascar.Andriamampianina, L. M.Sc. thesis, University of Kent, Canterbury. Maximising Forest bird conservation in Uganda
by establishing priorities for nature reserve selection. The distribution of bird species in the New World:
patterns in species turnover. Spatial patterns in the geographic range sizes of
bird species in the New World. Spatial patterns in the species richness of birds
in the New World. Spatial patterns in the body sizes of bird species
in the New World. Strengthening the Natural and National Park system
of Iberia to conserve vascular plants. Species-range-size distributions: patterns, mechanisms
and implications. The tropics as a museum of biological diversity:
an analysis of the New World avifauna. The spatial distribution of threatened species: macro-scales
and New World birds. Global scale macroecology: interactions between population
size, geographic range size and body size in the Anseriformes.
Spatial patterns in taxonomic diversity. Identifying complementary areas for conservation
in Thailand: an example using owls, hawkmoths and tiger beetles.
The Perinet effect? Diversity gradients in an adaptive
radiation of Madagascan butterflies (Satyrinae: Mycalesina) contrasted
with other species-rich rainforest taxa. Strengthening the Natural and National Park system
of Iberia to conserve pteridophytes. Systematics and the conservation of biological diversity.
WORLDMAP iv WINDOWS: Software and user document
4.1. Biodiversity value and taxonomic relatedness.
Measuring biodiversity value. Mapping variations in the strength and breadth of
biogeographic transition zones using species turnover. A comparison of richness hotspots, rarity hotspots
and complementary areas for conserving diversity using British birds.
Comparing character diversity among biotas. WORLDMAP and prioritisation for conservation: integration
of systematic data for conservation evaluation. Promise and problems in applying quantitative complementary
areas for representing the diversity of some Neotropical plants (families
Dichapetalaceae, Lecythidaceae, Caryocaraceae, Chrysobalanaceae and
Proteaceae). 1995Existing biodiversity application software.Anonymous. Pages 636-639 in: Global biodiversity assessment. V. H. Heywood & R. T. Watson (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Studies on the ecology and evolution of Neotropical
ithomiine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae). Mapping biodiversity using surrogates for species
richness: macro-scales and New World birds. Large scale patterns of biodiversity: spatial variation
in family richness. Richness or rarity? Evaluation of African primate
diversity for conservation. Biodiversity, systematics, and conservation: a case
study of swallowtail butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).
Cladograms and trees in biodiversity. Measuring biodiversity value for conservation.
Defining priorities for conservation and sustainable
use. Threatened status, rarity and diversity as alternative
selection measures for protected areas: a test using Afrotropical
antelopes. A study of papilionoid legumes in Madagascar using
evolutionary and distributional data to identify priority areas for
conservation. Phylogenetic relationships among bumble bees (Bombus
Latr.): a re-appraisal of morphological evidence. The WORLDMAP debate. (Correspondence) Do conservationists and molecular biologists value
differences between organisms in the same way? 1994Termites live in a pear-shaped world: a response to Platnick.Eggleton, P. Journal of Natural History, 28: 1209-1212. Explaining global termite diversity: productivity
or history? Systematics and conservation evaluation.
Hotspots across Europe. Conservation of Afrotropical antelopes: consequences
and efficiency of using alternative site selection methods and diversity
criteria. Systematics and the conservation of biodiversity:
global, national and local perspectives. The butterflies of northern and central Maluku: diversity,
endemism, biogeography, and conservation priorities. Systematic assessment of diversity by summation.
Measuring more of biodiversity: can higher-taxon
richness predict wholesale species richness ? Biodiversity, taxonomic relatedness and endemism
in conservation. Centres of seed-plant diversity: the family way.
1993Palms and WORLDMAP, a systematic study of palms using taxonomic
and geographical data, to determine global distribution of palm biodiversity,
and to identify high-priority areas for palm conservation.
Barrow, S. C. Beyond opportunism: key principles for systematic
reserve selection. An evaluation of the diversity of subspecies, species
and genera of Hesperiidae within the Philippines, using the WORLDMAP
computer program. Measuring more of biodiversity for choosing conservation
areas, using taxonomic relatedness. Salvaging more from the sinking Ark. Mongolian bumble bee survey. Measuring biodiversity for choosing conservation
areas. 1992Systematic evaluation of the global network of protected areas: objectives, alternatives, prospects and proposals.Humphries, C. J. & Vane-Wright, R. I. Abstract and draft papers presented at the IVth World Congress on National parks and Protected Areas, Caracas. IUCN, Gland. Systematics and the global biodiversity strategy.
Collections and systematics. WORLDMAP - priority areas for biodiversity. Using
version 3. 1991Biodiversity reserves: setting new priorities for the conservation of wildlife.Humphries, C. J., Vane-Wright, R. I. & Williams, P. H. Parks, 2: 34-38. What to protect? - Systematics and the agony of choice.
The bumble bees of the Kashmir Himalaya (Hymenoptera:
Apidae, Bombini). Afrotropical antelopes - priority areas for biodiversity.
Progress report. Measuring biodiversity: taxonomic relatedness for
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