Resistance surfaces are often used to fill gaps in our knowledge surrounding animal
movement and are frequently the basis for modeling connectivity associated with …

Summary 1 I synthesize the understanding of the relationship between landscape structure
and animal movement in human‐modified landscapes. 2 The variety of landscape structures …

Models are commonly used to identify lands that will best maintain the ability of wildlife to
move between wildland blocks through matrix lands after the remaining matrix has become …

Landscape pattern indicators or 'metrics' provide simple measures of landscape structure
that can be easily calculated with readily available data and software. Unfortunately, the …

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 …

Enhancing the connectivity of watershed ecological security patterns (ESPs) is increasingly
emphasized for preserving ecological processes. Yet the importance of small-scale …

Summary 1 The spread and intensification of agriculture are recognized as two of the most
important global threats to wildlife. There are clear links between agricultural change and …

Within mosaic landscapes, many organisms depend on attributes of the environment that
operate over scales ranging from a single habitat patch to the entire landscape. One such …

To conserve ecological connectivity (the ability to support animal movement, gene flow,
range shifts, and other ecological and evolutionary processes that require large areas) …

Summary 1 Better tools are needed to predict population connectivity in complex
landscapes.'Least‐cost modelling'is one commonly employed approach in which dispersal …