Figure 4
Performance curves quantifying the average proportion of the original distributions represented at each fraction of the landscape retained for conservation. Under the five scenarios, we evaluated (a) whether protecting seven large mammals performs well for protecting other terrestrial and aquatic vertebrate species and intact landscapes, (b) whether protecting 37 freshwater fishes performed well for protecting large and small bodied-vertebrates and intact landscapes, (c) whether protecting 341 small-bodied vertebrates performed well for protecting large mammals, freshwater fishes and intact landscapes, (d) whether intact landscapes (with less forest loss and linear disturbance) perform well for protecting terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates, and (e) how well individual species groups and intact landscapes are protected when considered simultaneously. A higher proportion of landscape protected at a higher level of distribution retained denotes greater performance at representing a given species group or intact landscapes. For example, protecting least disturbed areas (d) performed poorly for all species groups.
