Circuitscape in Julia: empowering dynamic approaches to connectivity assessment

KR Hall, R Anantharaman, VA Landau, M Clark… - Land, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The conservation field is experiencing a rapid increase in the amount, variety, and quality of
spatial data that can help us understand species movement and landscape connectivity …

Longest terrestrial migrations and movements around the world

K Joly, E Gurarie, MS Sorum, P Kaczensky… - Scientific reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
Long-distance terrestrial migrations are imperiled globally. We determined both round-trip
migration distances (straight-line measurements between migratory end points) and total …

Barrier Behaviour Analysis (BaBA) reveals extensive effects of fencing on wide‐ranging ungulates

W Xu, N Dejid, V Herrmann, H Sawyer… - Journal of Applied …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
As human activities expand globally, there is a growing need to identify and mitigate barriers
to animal movements. Fencing is a pervasive human modification of the landscape that can …

Four steps to strengthen connectivity modeling

E Riordan‐Short, R Pither, J Pither - Ecography, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining and restoring ecological connectivity is considered a global imperative to help
reverse the decline of biodiversity. To be successful, practitioners need to be guided by …

The plasticity of ungulate migration in a changing world

W Xu, K Barker, A Shawler, A Van Scoyoc, JA Smith… - Ecology, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Migratory ungulates are thought to be declining globally because their dependence on large
landscapes renders them highly vulnerable to environmental change. Yet recent studies …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of mining and road development on habitat fragmentation and connectivity of khulan (Equus hemionus) in Northwestern China

Y Zhuo, W Xu, M Wang, C Chen, AA Da Silva… - Biological …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Habitat use by wild animals may be subject to spatial and temporal changes. The Kalamaili
Mountain Ungulate Nature Reserve (KNR), inhabited by> 80% of Chinese khulan (Equus …

Predicting areas important for ecological connectivity throughout Canada

R Pither, P O'Brien, A Brennan, K Hirsh-Pearson… - PLoS …, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
Governments around the world have acknowledged that urgent action is needed to
conserve and restore ecological connectivity to help reverse the decline of biodiversity. In …

Research status and challenges of road impacts on wildlife in China

A Maierdiyali, Y Wang, S Tao, Y Kong… - Biodiversity …, 2022‏ - biodiversity-science.net
Background & Aim: Habitat loss and fragmentation, driven by expansion of global transport
infrastructure networks, has become one of the significant factors contributing to the decline …

Drainage basin reorganization and endorheic-exorheic transition triggered by climate change and human intervention

S Lu, J **, J Zhou, X Li, J Ju, M Li, F Chen… - Global and Planetary …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Climate warming is resha** the surface water system of the world's polar regions. It results
in accelerated glacial retreat and melting, lake expansion, and runoff increasing on the Third …

Grieving environmental scientists need support

TAC Gordon, AN Radford, SD Simpson - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
Rates of environmental destruction are greater today than at any previous point in human
history (1). This loss of valued species, ecosystems, and landscapes triggers strong grief …