Operationalizing ecological resilience concepts for managing species and ecosystems at risk

JC Chambers, CR Allen, SA Cushman - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This review provides an overview and integration of the use of resilience concepts to guide
natural resources management actions. We emphasize ecosystems and landscapes and …

Moving beyond landscape resistance: considerations for the future of connectivity modelling and conservation science

S Unnithan Kumar, J Turnbull, O Hartman Davies… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Landscape connectivity, the extent to which a landscape facilitates the flow of ecological
processes such as organism movement, has emerged as a central focus of landscape …

A multi-scale, multi-species approach for assessing effectiveness of habitat and connectivity conservation for endangered felids

MR Ashrafzadeh, R Khosravi, MA Adibi… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to global biodiversity. Felids, among the
many taxa experiencing population declines and range contraction around the world, are …

Comparison of habitat suitability and connectivity modelling for three carnivores of conservation concern in an Iranian montane landscape

A Mohammadi, K Almasieh, D Nayeri, MA Adibi… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Context Habitat loss and fragmentation are main drivers of biodiversity loss and are
occurring at an accelerating rate globally. Carnivores are often subject to persecution and …

Identifying priority core habitats and corridors for effective conservation of brown bears in Iran

A Mohammadi, K Almasieh, D Nayeri, F Ataei… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Iran lies at the southernmost range limit of brown bears globally. Therefore, understanding
the habitat associations and patterns of population connectivity for brown bears in Iran is …

Connectivity modelling in conservation science: a comparative evaluation

S Unnithan Kumar, SA Cushman - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Landscape connectivity, the extent to which a landscape facilitates the flow of ecological
processes such as organism movement, has grown to become a central focus of applied …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of large-scale infrastructure development for biodiversity in Indonesian Borneo

KL Spencer, NJ Deere, M Aini, R Avriandy… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indonesia is embarking on an ambitious relocation of its capital city to Kalimantan, Borneo,
bringing with it major urban and road infrastructure. Yet, despite being one of the world's …

Modeling climate change impacts on the distribution of an endangered brown bear population in its critical habitat in Iran

MR Ashrafzadeh, R Khosravi, A Mohammadi… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change is one of the major challenges to the current conservation of biodiversity.
Here, by using the brown bear, Ursus arctos, in the southernmost limit of its global …

Prioritizing habitat core areas and corridors for a large carnivore across its range

Ż Kaszta, SA Cushman, DW Macdonald - Animal Conservation, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With increasing loss and fragmentation of habitats driving the emerging global extinction
crisis, paired with limited resources for conservation, there is an immense need to identify …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the performance of global, geographically weighted and ecologically weighted species distribution models for Scottish wildcats using GLM and …

SA Cushman, K Kilshaw, RD Campbell, Z Kaszta… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Species distribution modeling has emerged as a foundational method to predict occurrence
and suitability of species in relation to environmental variables to advance ecological …