In the forthcoming issue of Ecology Letters, Cabeza addresses this problem with a novel approach that integrates habitat modelling and spatial population dynamics in reserve-network design. The method incorporates the quantitative effect of habitat loss onto the reserve-selection process and determines the probabilities of occurrence of species in the reserves (given their ability to disperse and the spatial locations of the reserves). This approach represents a step towards a more realistic consideration of the survival of species when selecting reserve networks in a changing world.
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