Landscape connectivity modeling from the perspective of animal dispersal

MF Diniz, SA Cushman, RB Machado… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Dispersal plays a key role in linking populations, habitat (re)-colonization, and
species range expansion. As fragmentation and habitat loss are ubiquitous threats and can …

Mechanisms, detection and impacts of species redistributions under climate change

JA Lawlor, L Comte, G Grenouillet, J Lenoir… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Shifts in species distributions are a common ecological response to climate change, and
global temperature rise is often hypothesized as the primary driver. However, the directions …

Scenario-based ecological security patterns to indicate landscape sustainability: a case study on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

F Fan, Y Liu, J Chen, J Dong - Landscape Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Context When setting the goal of landscape sustainability in landscape management, a key
theoretical question should be which landscape patterns are more sustainable, whereas …

Linking wilderness mapping and connectivity modelling: A methodological framework for wildland network planning

Y Cao, R Yang, S Carver - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Habitat fragmentation is one of the key drivers of global biodiversity loss. In this context,
connectivity modelling is increasingly important for effective conservation. Most previous …

[HTML][HTML] Building biodiversity into the urban fabric: A case study in applying Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (BSUD)

H Kirk, GE Garrard, T Croeser, A Backstrom… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiversity within cities is fundamental for human health and well-being, and delivers a
wide range of critical ecosystem services. However, biodiversity is often viewed as an …

Snapshot isolation and isolation history challenge the analogy between mountains and islands used to understand endemism

SGA Flantua, D Payne, MK Borregaard… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Mountains and islands are both well known for their high endemism. To explain this
similarity, parallels have been drawn between the insularity of “true islands”(land …

[HTML][HTML] Transboundary ecological network identification for addressing conservation priorities and landscape ecological risks: Insights from the Altai Mountains

L An, L Shen, S Zhong, D Li - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Insufficient conservation measures and intense human disturbances gave rise to severe
landscape ecological risks (LERs) in transboundary areas, highlighting the significance of …

Environmental heterogeneity and not vicariant biogeographic barriers generate community‐wide population structure in desert‐adapted snakes

EA Myers, AT Xue, M Gehara, CL Cox… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic structure can be influenced by local adaptation to environmental heterogeneity and
biogeographic barriers, resulting in discrete population clusters. Geographic distance …

Constructing urban ecological corridors to reflect local species diversity and conservation objectives

R Chen, J Carruthers-Jones, S Carver, J Wu - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ensuring bird diversity can secure key ecosystem services within cities. Building ecological
corridors into urban planning is an effective way to protect urban birds, but existing corridor …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the regional landscape connectivity for multispecies to coordinate on-the-ground needs for mitigating linear infrastructure impact in Brasov …

A Fedorca, M Popa, R Jurj, G Ionescu, O Ionescu… - Journal for Nature …, 2020 - Elsevier
While many initiatives, studies and projects are focusing only on modelling wildlife
connectivity movement, coordinated efforts should help to deliver adaptative solutions for the …