Knowledge of the ecological and evolutionary causes of dispersal can be crucial in
understanding the behaviour of spatially structured populations, and predicting how species …

Landscape connectivity can be viewed from two perspectives that could be considered as
extremes of a gradient: functional connectivity (refers to how the behavior of a dispersing …

Summary 1 Roads can act as barriers to animal movement, which may reduce population
persistence by reducing recolonization of empty habitats and limiting immigration …

Movements of hedgehogs, Erinaceus europaeus L., were analysed in relation to roads by
recording their nocturnal foraging trajectories in urban areas adjacent to major road …

Summary 1 Movement behaviour has become increasingly important in dispersal ecology
and dispersal is central to the development of spatially explicit population ecology. The ways …

Our objective was to explore the effect of natural food (earthworms and arthropods) and
anthropogenic food (pet food) availability and the risk of predation by badgers on the density …

Landscape connectivity promotes dispersal and other types of movement, including foraging
activity; consequently, the inclusion of connectivity concept is a priority in conservation and …

To ensure viable species populations in fragmented landscapes, individuals must be able to
move between suitable habitat patches. Despite the increased interest in biodiversity …

Climate change and habitat destruction are widely recognized as major threats to species'
survival. As a result of these anthropogenic impacts, species are often forced into novel …

Wherever wildlife management concerns the movement of individuals across structured
habitat, its scale of operations will encompass metapopulation dynamics. The goal of this …