Spatial prioritisation outputs in systematic conservation planning: data on total reserve extents and costs based on different levels of planning-unit size, thematic resolution of habitats, and socioeconomic cost data

This dataset contains information on the total reserve extents and costs (calculated as a proportion of the maximum possible cost) on each of the individual solutions generated (100 each) for each conservation prioritisation scenario created (20 each) The allcosts.csv files consists of data on total reserve costs for each individual solution (100 total) produced for each scenario (20 total). Total costs are calculated as proportions of the maximum possible cost, to allow comparison between different cost data. Rows indicate the individual solutions; columns indicate the unique prioritisation scenarios. The allsizes.csv files consists of data on total reserve extents for each individual solution (100 total) produced for each scenario (20 total). Rows indicate the individual solutions; columns indicate the unique prioritisation scenarios. Reserve extent values are in squared kilometers. Scenario code IDs reflect those used in publication to which these datasets relate.

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    Data record related to this publication Spatial prioritisation outputs in systematic conservation planning: data on total reserve extents and costs based on different levels of planning-unit size, thematic resolution of habitats, and socioeconomic cost data
    Data Publication title Spatial prioritisation outputs in systematic conservation planning: data on total reserve extents and costs based on different levels of planning-unit size, thematic resolution of habitats, and socioeconomic cost data
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    This dataset contains information on the total reserve extents and costs (calculated as a proportion of the maximum possible cost) on each of the individual solutions generated (100 each) for each conservation prioritisation scenario created (20 each) The allcosts.csv files consists of data on total reserve costs for each individual solution (100 total) produced for each scenario (20 total). Total costs are calculated as proportions of the maximum possible cost, to allow comparison between different cost data. Rows indicate the individual solutions; columns indicate the unique prioritisation scenarios. The allsizes.csv files consists of data on total reserve extents for each individual solution (100 total) produced for each scenario (20 total). Rows indicate the individual solutions; columns indicate the unique prioritisation scenarios. Reserve extent values are in squared kilometers. Scenario code IDs reflect those used in publication to which these datasets relate.

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      There are several datasets associated with the study described in the related publication. The study quantifies the individual and interacting effects of three factors - planning-unit size, thematic resolution of habitat maps, and spatial variability of socioeconomic costs - on spatial priorities for conservation, by creating 20 unique prioritisation scenarios involving different levels of each factor. Prioritisations were run using the reserve selection tool Marxan. Because output data from these scenarios are analogous to ecological data, ecological statistics were applied to determine spatial similarities between reserve designs. The other datasets for this study can be found at the Related Data links below.

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      This dataset is available as 2 comma-separated values (.csv) files.

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      Coral-reef habitats in Fiji and Micronesia (consisting of the Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Palau, Guam, and the Federated States of Micronesia) were used as case studies. Although analyses are grounded in real data, they are demonstration exercises and not intended to inform real-world conservation action in the study regions.

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  • Keywords
    • systematic conservation planning
    • spatial prioritisation outputs
    • Marxan outputs
    • ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
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    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
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  • Start Date 2015/04/08
  • End Date 2016/05/09
  • Time Period Contemporary
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    Attachment allcosts.csv Data on total reserve costs for each individual solution (100 total) produced for each scenario (20 total). Total costs are calculated as proportions of the maximum possible cost, to allow comparison between different cost data. Rows indicate the individual solutions; columns indicate the unique prioritisation scenarios. Scenario code IDs are described in the accompanying publication with this dataset.
    Attachment allsizes.csv Data on total reserve extents for each individual solution (100 total) produced for each scenario (20 total). Rows indicate the individual solutions; columns indicate the unique prioritisation scenarios. Reserve extent values are in squared kilometers. Scenario code IDs are described in the accompanying publication with this dataset.
    The Data Manager is: Jessica Miao Jin Cheok
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      Name Cheok, Jessica, Pressey, Robert L., Weeks, Rebecca, Andrefouet, Serge and Moloney, James (2016) Sympathy for the devil: detailing the effects of planning-unit size, thematic resolution of reef classes, and socioeconomic costs on spatial priorities for marine conservation. PLoS ONE, 11(11): e0164869
    • URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164869
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      Jessica Cheok
    Citation Cheok, Jessica Miao Jin (2016): Spatial prioritisation outputs in systematic conservation planning: data on total reserve extents and costs based on different levels of planning-unit size, thematic resolution of habitats, and socioeconomic cost data. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.4225/28/579AB5B53B02A