Abstract
Quantitative spatial analysis can be a powerful tool for informing conservation management strategies for cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Tools and approaches include methods to predict where cheetahs are most likely to occur, quantify habitat suitability and fragmentation, assess population viability, and identify landscape linkages. Best used, quantitative analysis can help conservationists and managers to be proactive and be able to better predict exact areas where resources should be allocated and what specific kind of management interventions are needed. In this chapter, we provide a review of landscape-scale, spatial conservation planning approaches, and highlight the need to focus analytical modeling tools toward a better understanding of how to address the underlying drivers of cheetah population growth or decline—that is, fitness-related variables.
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