Indices of connectivity are critical means for moving from qualitative to (semi-) quantitative
evaluations of material (eg, water, sediment and nutrients) transfer across the building …

Conservation plans increasingly include goals to maintain a connected network. For
example, planners might design a linkage between two conserved areas, or the parties to …

The global number of dam constructions has increased dramatically over the past six
decades and is forecast to continue to rise, particularly in less industrialized regions …

Context Regional ecological networks play an important role in biodiversity conservation
and should be constructed and optimized for continued ecosystem functioning. Objectives …

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography,
linking individual-and population-level processes to geographic distributions and …

The study of landscape connectivity in conservation has increased considerably since the
early part of the 21st century. While the implications of landscape connectivity are self …

This book deals with the analysis of the structure of complex networks by combining results
from graph theory, physics, and pattern recognition. The book is divided into two parts. 11 …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

The growing awareness of the adverse effects of habitat fragmentation on natural systems
has resulted in a rapidly increasing number of actions to reduce current fragmentation of …

Connectivity is a major concern for the maintenance of wildlife populations, ecological flows,
and many other landscape functions. For these reasons many different connectivity indices …