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Components of the RSW2 framework
Aim and purpose
To provide a tool for non-spatial reserve selection based on continuous benefit functions for species representation
Features
- Continuous benefit functions for species representation
- Species weighting
- Species-area based refinements for site size
- Replacement cost analysis
- Integration of vulnerability (habitat loss rates) with irreplaceability (replacement cost) within sequential site selection
Analyses
- Identification of reserve networks that maximize "biological value", which consists of different representation levels of species with varying weights with optionally site area influencing the network value
- Replacement cost analysis for site value
- Sequential site selection combining replacement cost with habitat loss rates
Data
- Presence-absence species data
- Species weights
- Site area and cost data
- Site- and year-specific habitat loss rates
- Yearly (varying) budgets for site acquisition
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