<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">de la Montaña, Enrique</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rey Benayas, José M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vasques, Ana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Razola, Irene</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cayuela, Luis</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conservation planning of vertebrate diversity in a Mediterranean agricultural-dominant landscape</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biological Conservation</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agroecosystem</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Combined Index of biodiversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gap analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Landscape representation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Least-cost path analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Natura 2000 Network</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006320711002540</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">144</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2468 - 2478</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">To improve effectiveness of protected areas, selection of priority areas should include consideration of three main components, namely special conservation elements, focal species and representation. We present a three-track approach related to these components for vertebrate conservation planning in Castilla-La Mancha, central Spain. As special conservation elements, we identiﬁed Priority Areas for Conservation of species using ﬁve criteria: species richness, geographic rarity, species vulnerability, a Combined Index of these three criteria, and a Standardised Biodiversity Index (SBI) that integrate the three criteria and four studied taxa. The Natura 2000 Network was used to include conservation areas for focal species. We evaluated the representation of every landscape type in the existing conservation areas. To delineate the spatial conﬁguration for vertebrate conservation, we combined the identiﬁed Priority Areas for Conservation, existing conservation areas and connectivity areas by cost–distance analysis. The Combined Index was the most efﬁcient criterion analyzed to identify Priority Areas for Conservation. The Natura 2000 Network showed a high percentage of coincidence with identiﬁed Priority Areas for Conservation, whereas the natural protected areas network had a low percentage of coincidence. Six agricultural landscapes were inadequately represented in the current conservation network. According to our multitrack approach, 29% of study area was required to capture 100% of vertebrate species and all landscape types. Our results show that the existing conservation areas are insufﬁcient to guarantee the conservation of biodiversity in the study region. Additional areas with outstanding features of diversity, connectivity areas, and establishment of targets for off-reserve conservation are of fundamental importance for strengthening biodiversity conservation.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></issue></record></records></xml>