Most endangered species are threatened by multiple factors, but habitat
loss is generally implicated as a principal cause of biodiversity loss
worldwide (Sodhi and Ehrlich, 2010). Habitat loss reduces prey populations
and other resources for species, and can also increase frequency of
human–wildlife conflicts, which represent significant threats to wildlife
worldwide (Woodroffe et al., 2005).While relatively undisturbed ecosystems
exist, they are nowoften heavily fragmented and isolated by agriculture,
urban, and industrial activities (Caro et al., 2012; Convention on
Biological Diversity, 2010). A recent evaluation ofmacro-economic effects
on current land use patterns predicts that land cover changewill continue
into the future, with dramatic increases in urbanization and peri-urban
development (vanAsselen andVerburg,2013). Consequently, identifying
priority sites for conservation characterized by minimal human conflict
that would require minimal direct investment of effort and resources
for effective protection is critical (Myers et al., 2000).