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SCIENCE
Volume 309, Issue 5734, Pages 603-607Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114015
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We present a global conservation analysis for an entire flagship taxon, [and mammals. A combination of rarity, anthropogenic impacts, and political endemism has put about a quarter of terrestrial mammal species, and a larger fraction of their populations, at risk of extinction. A new global database and complementarity analysis for selecting priority areas for conservation shows that similar to 11% of Earth's land surface should be managed for conservation to preserve at least 10% of terrestrial mammal geographic ranges. Different approaches, from protection (or establishment) of reserves to countryside biogeographic enhancement of human-dominated landscapes, will be required to approach this minimal goal.
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