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

Local adaptation has been a major focus of evolutionary ecologists working across diverse
systems for decades. However, little of this research has explored variation at …

Understanding how landscape features affect functional connectivity among populations is a
cornerstone of spatial ecology and landscape genetic analyses. However, parameterization …

Measures of genetic structure among individuals or populations collected at different spatial
locations across a landscape are commonly used as surrogate measures of functional (ie …

Understanding the effects of landscape heterogeneity on spatial genetic variation is a
primary goal of landscape genetics. Ecological and geographic variables can contribute to …

The need to conserve and create linkages among fragmented habitats has given rise to a
range of techniques for maximizing connectivity. Methods to identify optimal habitat linkages …

Investigating the properties of ecological landscapes that influence gene flow among
populations can provide key insights into the earliest stages of biological divergence. Both …

Populations in fragmented landscapes experience reduced gene flow, lose genetic diversity
over time and ultimately face greater extinction risk. Improving connectivity in fragmented …

Movement is a fundamental process of all organisms that has strong consequences for
individual fitness, gene flow, natural selection, adaptation, population persistence …

Landscape genetics has seen tremendous advances since its introduction, but
parameterization and optimization of resistance surfaces still poses significant challenges …