Continental-wide prioritization of protected areas to address global and habitat-specific goals for avian biodiversity conservation

Yanjie Xu; Diego Pavón-Jordán; Tyler Hallman; Tristan R. M. Bakx; Lluís Brotons; Sergi Herrando; Alison Johnston; Brett K. Sandercock; Thomas Sattler; Alaaeldin Soultan; Vitalie Ajder; Dawn E. Balmer; Brian Burke; Thiago Cavalcante; Tomasz Chodkiewicz; Ruud P. B. Foppen; Anthony D. Fox; Verena Keller; Tatiana Kornienko; Peter Knaus; Heini Kujala; Åke Lindström; Qenan Maxhuni; Károly Nagy; Ingar Jostein Øien; Tomas Pärt; Dimitrije Radišić; Draženko Z. Rajković; Iván Ramirez; Paul Shimmings; Karel Šťastný; Thomas Vikstrøm; Tomasz Wilk; Aleksi Lehikoinen

doi:10.1111/cobi.70324

Continental-wide prioritization of protected areas to address global and habitat-specific goals for avian biodiversity conservation

Yanjie Xu
, Diego Pavón-Jordán
, Tyler Hallman
, Tristan R. M. Bakx
, Lluís Brotons
, Sergi Herrando
, Alison Johnston
, Brett K. Sandercock
, Thomas Sattler
, Alaaeldin Soultan
, Vitalie Ajder
, Dawn E. Balmer
, Brian Burke
, Thiago Cavalcante
, Tomasz Chodkiewicz
, Ruud P. B. Foppen
, Anthony D. Fox
, Verena Keller
, Tatiana Kornienko
, Peter Knaus

Heini Kujala, Åke Lindström, Qenan Maxhuni, Károly Nagy, Ingar Jostein Øien, Tomas Pärt, Dimitrije Radišić, Draženko Z. Rajković, Iván Ramirez, Paul Shimmings, Karel Šťastný, Thomas Vikstrøm, Tomasz Wilk, Aleksi Lehikoinen

School of Environmental & Natural Sciences

University of Helsinki
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)
University of St. Andrews
Swiss Ornithological Institute
Moldova State University
British Trust for Ornithology
BirdWatch Ireland
Polish Society for the Protection of Birds
Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology
Aarhus University
European Bird Census Council
Lund University
Kosovo Ornithological Society
MME BirdLife Hungary
BirdLife Norway
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
University of Novi Sad
University of Belgrade
Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
BirdLife Denmark

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Article number	e70324
Journal	Conservation Biology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70324
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2026

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Xu, Y., Pavón-Jordán, D., Hallman, T., Bakx, T. R. M., Brotons, L., Herrando, S., Johnston, A., Sandercock, B. K., Sattler, T., Soultan, A., Ajder, V., Balmer, D. E., Burke, B., Cavalcante, T., Chodkiewicz, T., Foppen, R. P. B., Fox, A. D., Keller, V., Kornienko, T., ... Lehikoinen, A. (2026). Continental-wide prioritization of protected areas to address global and habitat-specific goals for avian biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology, Article e70324. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70324

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