Using circuit theory to model connectivity in ecology, evolution, and conservation

BH McRae, BG Dickson, TH Keitt, VB Shah - Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity among populations and habitats is important for a wide range of ecological
processes. Understanding, preserving, and restoring connectivity in complex landscapes …

Assessing risks to wildlife populations from multiple stressors: overview of the problem and research needs

WR Munns Jr - Ecology and Society, 2006 - JSTOR
Wildlife populations are experiencing increasing pressure from human-induced changes in
the landscape. Stressors including agricultural and urban land use, introduced invasive and …

When good animals love bad habitats: ecological traps and the conservation of animal populations

J Battin - Conservation Biology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of the ecological trap, a low‐quality habitat that animals prefer over other
available habitats of higher quality, has appeared in the ecological literature irregularly for …

Moving beyond static species distribution models in support of conservation biogeography

J Franklin - Diversity and Distributions, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To demonstrate that multi‐modelling methods have effectively been used to combine
static species distribution models (SDM), predicting the geographical pattern of suitable …

Modelling range dynamics under global change: which framework and why?

M Lurgi, BW Brook, F Saltré… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To conserve future biodiversity, a better understanding of the likely effects of climate and
land‐use change on the geographical distributions of species and the persistence of …

Drafting a conservation blueprint: a practitioner's guide to planning for biodiversity

C Groves, MW Beck, JV Higgins, EC Saxon - 2003 - academia.edu
With the signing of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the establishment of a 2010
target for conserving biodiversity, feverish attempts are underway to develop mechanisms …

A multicriteria assessment of the irreplaceability and vulnerability of sites in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

RF Noss, C Carroll, K Vance‐Borland… - Conservation …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a systematic conservation assessment of the 10.8‐million‐ha Greater
Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), integrating three basic approaches to conservation planning …

Gap-crossing decisions by forest birds: an empirical basis for parameterizing spatially-explicit, individual-based models

M Bélisle, A Desrochers - Landscape Ecology, 2002 - Springer
Spatially-explicit, individual-based models are increasingly used to evaluate the effects of
habitat loss and fragmentation on habitat use and population persistence. Yet, they are …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the writing of research papers: IMRAD and beyond

J Wu - Landscape Ecology, 2011 - Springer
Publishing in peer-reviewed journals is essential to scientific research.''A scientific
experiment, no matter how spectacular the results, is not completed until the results are …

[PDF][PDF] A practical handbook for population viability analysis

W Morris, D Doak, M Groom, P Kareiva, J Fieberg… - The Nature …, 1999 - Citeseer
The 1997 document Conservation by Design: A Framework for Mission Successstates that
the conservation goal of The Nature Conservancy is “the long-term survival of all viable …