Minimum cost corridors calculated from SeaWinds data corresponding to the migration period of Cory's shearwaters (Nov., 9–30).

<p>Increasingly lighter tones represent greater concentration of low-cost corridors (“wind highways”), while very dark tones represent lower concentrations of wind highways and, therefore, unlikely migratory routes between bird's breeding and wintering areas. The thicker line represents the Equator, and the thinner lines, the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.</p

Coupling of Cory's shearwaters migration to the stopping of westerly winds developed during the peak months of the African Monsoon in the Atlantic sector of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).

<p>QuikSCAT winds on 7 September 2002 (4A) and 15 November 2002 (4B) showing the migratory “gate” located at 10°–15° N blocked and opened, respectively. Wind speed in the background increases from fuchsia (0 m·s⁻¹) to green (6 m·s⁻¹) to red (15 m·s⁻¹), and arrows show wind direction. 4C, Migration (hatched red bars) starts when the frequency of blocking winds drops (black bars; winds blow towards 75°–115°). In the returning trip (range: February 11–March 10), there are no westerlies blocking the passage to the breeding areas in the Northern Hemisphere (not shown).</p

Density kernel of Cory's shearwater flyways.

<p>Increasingly lighter tones represent greater concentration of trajectories. The thicker line represents the Equator, and the thinner lines, the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.</p

Priority assessment.

<p>Maps showing the three criteria used to evaluate the conservation priority of the proposed conservation areas in this study: a) selection frequency of the planning units, including additional solutions with varying conservation goals; b) vulnerability, derived from the Human Footprint index and mining concessions; c) dPC connectivity index.</p

List of the proposed conservation areas (with an indicative name based on the department or protected area they are part of) and the existing protected areas used in the analysis.

<p>PA: Proposed Conservation Area; NP: National Park; NR: National Reserve; CR: Communal Reserve; LS: Landscape Reserve; PF: Protection Forest; WR: Wildlife Refuge; NS: National Sanctuary; HS: Historical Sanctuary, HP: Hunting Preserve; RPA: Regional Protected Area.</p><p>List of the proposed conservation areas (with an indicative name based on the department or protected area they are part of) and the existing protected areas used in the analysis.</p

Summary of species data.

1<p>Total number of species included in the dataset.</p>2<p>Percentage of the total number of species present for that group in Peru.</p>3<p>Percentage of threatened species in the dataset.</p>4<p>Number of species from each region. Note that species may be present in more than one region. For this reason, the sum of species in all three regions is larger than the total number of species in the study.</p><p>Summary of species data.</p

Study area.

<p>Peru's geographical regions and protected areas included in the study.</p

Current protected areas in Peru and proposed areas for conservation illustrating global prioritization.

<p>The final rank is a combination of the three priority criteria: selection frequency of PUs across scenarios, vulnerability and connectivity. See <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0114367#pone-0114367-t003" target="_blank">Table 3</a> for key to proposed areas and protected areas.</p

Species representation in the current protected area network of continental Peru based on the conservation goals defined in this study. Results are classified by taxonomic group, IUCN category and region.

<p>CR: Critically Endangered, EN: Endangered, VU: Vulnerable, NT: Near Threatened, LC: Least Concern, DD: Data Deficient, NE: Not evaluated.</p><p>Species representation in the current protected area network of continental Peru based on the conservation goals defined in this study. Results are classified by taxonomic group, IUCN category and region.</p

Number of bryophyte species occurrence per MGRS pixel in Europe.

<p>when all the data collected (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0055648#pone.0055648.s001" target="_blank">Table S1</a>) are considered (no subsample) and when the most intensively surveyed areas (UK and Germany) are subsampled at 20%, 40% and 60%, respectively.</p