biostudies-literatureUnknown39(4)Zhang LSecond Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research ProgramThe ongoing biodiversity crisis has raised concerns about the effectiveness of area-based conservation (ABC) strategies for achieving positive biodiversity outcomes. In riverine ecosystems, the linear habitat structure of fishes introduces uncertainty into the synergistic conservation potential of ABC. Therefore, to assess the synergistic conservation potential of ABC for multiple groups, we used data from IUCN and RivFishTIME database up to 2020 for fishes, mammals, and birds to assess the reliability of area sampling based on species-area relationships and latitudinal dependence analyses. We built a spatial model of species richness to determine the spatial distribution of species richness and the spatial overlap of species richness within and among the 3 groups under different group comConservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biologye14447https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12309653biostudies-literaturePotential for synergistic conservation through area-based strategies.PMC12309653Yan LLi JFu YZhang LOuyang ZKou XfalsePotential for synergistic conservation through area-based strategies.The ongoing biodiversity crisis has raised concerns about the effectiveness of area-based conservation (ABC) strategies for achieving positive biodiversity outcomes. In riverine ecosystems, the linear habitat structure of fishes introduces uncertainty into the synergistic conservation potential of ABC. Therefore, to assess the synergistic conservation potential of ABC for multiple groups, we used data from IUCN and RivFishTIME database up to 2020 for fishes, mammals, and birds to assess the reliability of area sampling based on species-area relationships and latitudinal dependence analyses. We built a spatial model of species richness to determine the spatial distribution of species richness and the spatial overlap of species richness within and among the 3 groups under different group com2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Aug2025-08-24T03:07:15.027Z2025-08-24T03:07:15.027ZS-EPMC123096533994914610.1111/cobi.14447