Conservation practitioners have long recognized ecological connectivity as a global priority
for preserving biodiversity and ecosystem function. In the early years of conservation …

Despite being identified as a driver of mobile predator aggregations (hotspots) in both
marine and terrestrial environments, topographic complexity has long remained a …

Circuitscape is an open-source program that uses circuit theory to model connectivity in
heterogeneous landscapes. Its most common applications include modeling movement and …

Accelerated urbanization and population growth have resulted in the loss of ecological land
and biodiversity, accompanied by the degradation of ecosystem services. Identifying and …

Large connected landscapes are paramount to maintain top predator populations. Across
their range, tiger (Panthera tigris) populations occur in small fragmented patches of habitat …

Connectivity across landscapes influences a wide range of conservation-relevant ecological
processes, including species movements, gene flow, and the spread of wildfire, pests, and …

Habitat loss and fragmentation are among the biggest threats to amphibian populations and
anthropogenic climate change may exacerbate these. The response of Iran's amphibians to …

Context As forest harvesting remains high, there is a crucial need to assess the remaining
large, contiguous and intact forests, regionally, nationally and globally. Objectives Our …

摘要生态源地与廊道识别是生态安全格局构建的重要环节, 以往研究较多关注物种迁移和扩散最
优路径的选择, 忽略了物种对路径选择的随机性, 致使其结论未能客观地反映物种迁移和扩散 …

Abstract Aim The Asiatic cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus venaticus, a critically endangered large
felid, has disappeared from vast tracks of its historical range across south‐western Asia. It is …