Priority Conservation Network for Threatened Vertebrates in the Middle Yangtze River Basin

The Middle Yangtze River Basin hosts a dataset detailing a priority conservation network for 53 threatened vertebrate species. Kun Ma created this dataset, which was last updated on March 19, 2026. It maps critical habitats using MaxEnt predictions and Marxan optimization to balance ecological gains with social costs.

Use Cases

• Identify priority conservation areas based on habitat suitability predictions for 33 species.
• Evaluate implementation feasibility based on integrated land-use opportunity costs and environmental conflict risks.
• Compare spatial efficiency of conservation strategies using Marxan optimization scenarios.
• Assess overlap between proposed network and 660 existing national protected areas.
• Plan differentiated management strategies based on feasibility grading of priority units.

Strengths

• The final priority network covers a defined area of 134,938 km².
• The analysis integrates data for 53 threatened vertebrate species.
• The dataset explicitly compares multiple optimization scenarios (e.g., S3, S3-b).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The data is stored in a DOCX file, which may require conversion for analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Created using Stacked Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) habitat suitability predictions and Marxan spatial prioritization.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 06:49:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Middle Yangtze River Basin, specifically northern parts of Region III, southern regions of Region I, and central parts of Region IV.