2009
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911131107
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Housing growth in and near United States protected areas limits their conservation value

Abstract: Protected areas are crucial for biodiversity conservation because they provide safe havens for species threatened by land-use change and resulting habitat loss. However, protected areas are only effective when they stop habitat loss within their boundaries, and are connected via corridors to other wild areas. The effectiveness of protected areas is threatened by development; however, the extent of this threat is unknown. We compiled spatially-detailed housing growth data from 1940 to 2030, and quantified growt… Show more

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“…Proximity impacts result from the fragmentation and degradation of land near and between protected areas, reducing ecological flows of energy, organisms, and goods (16)(17)(18)(19)(20). In a study of 57 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Proximity impacts result from the fragmentation and degradation of land near and between protected areas, reducing ecological flows of energy, organisms, and goods (16)(17)(18)(19)(20). In a study of 57 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent studies have underscored the role that proximity of threats to protected areas plays in meeting conservation goals (16)(17)(18)(19)(20). Protected areas may preclude habitat loss within boundaries; however, a prevailing cause of degradation within protected areas is land use and land cover change in surrounding areas.…”
Section: Significancementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ex-urban development with associated residential or artisanal vineyards may act in synergy with changes in wine suitability. Since 1940, parts of the Canadian Rockies and western Montana have experienced some of the highest decadal housing growth rates (more than 400%) within 50 km of a protected area (34). Similar housing growth in the Napa Valley of California has been associated with extensive development of small-estate vineyards.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Many ecologists have applied buffer analysis to identify the pattern of drivers in protected areas (Radeloff et al, 2010), but it was difficult to estimate the influences of oil wells on the interspaces by buffer analysis since the Yellow River Delta NR was divided into two separate parts. In this study, therefore, we used grids with cell length 2 Â 2 km to describe the distribution of oil wells.…”
Section: Spatial Distribution Of Oil Wells In the Nrmentioning
confidence: 99%