Current methods in conservation planning for promoting the persistence of biodiversity typically focus on either representing species geographic distributions or maintaining connectivity between reserves, but rarely both, and take a focal species, rather than a multispecies, approach. Here, we link prioritization methods with population models to explore the impact of integrating both representation and connectivity into conservation planning for species persistence. Using data on 288 Mediterranean fish species with varying conservation requirements, we show that: (1) considering both representation and connectivity objectives provides the best strategy for enhanced biodiversity persistence and (2) connectivity objectives were fundamental to enhancing persistence of small‐ranged species, which are most in need of conservation, while the representation objective benefited only wide‐ranging species. Our approach provides a more comprehensive appraisal of planning applications than approaches focusing on either representation or connectivity, and will hopefully contribute to build more effective reserve networks for the persistence of biodiversity.

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具有生物代表性和良好联系的海洋保护区增强了生物多样性在保护规划中的持久性

用于促进生物多样性持久性的保护规划中的当前方法通常着重于代表物种的地理分布或保持保护区之间的连通性，但很少同时采用这两种方法，而是采用重点物种而不是多物种的方法。在这里，我们将优先排序方法与种群模型联系起来，以探索将代表性和连通性纳入物种持久性保护规划的影响。利用有关具有不同养护要求的288种地中海鱼类的数据，我们表明：（1）考虑代表性和连通性目标可提供增强生物多样性持久性的最佳策略；（2）连通性目标对于增强小范围鱼类的持久性至关重要，最需要保护的地方 而代表性的目标仅惠及范围广泛的物种。与专注于代表性或连通性的方法相比，我们的方法对规划应用程序的评估更为全面，并有望为建立更有效的保护区网络以维持生物多样性的持续发展做出贡献。