Landscape connectivity modeling from the perspective of animal dispersal

MF Diniz, SA Cushman, RB Machado… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Dispersal plays a key role in linking populations, habitat (re)-colonization, and
species range expansion. As fragmentation and habitat loss are ubiquitous threats and can …

Conserving transboundary wildlife migrations: recent insights from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

AD Middleton, H Sawyer, JA Merkle… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Animal migrations are ecologically, culturally, and economically important. Ungulate
populations in many parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas migrate long distances …

Constructing wetland ecological corridor system based on hydrological connectivity with the goal of improving regional biodiversity

Y Qu, X Zeng, C Luo, H Zhang, Y Liu, J Wang - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrological connectivity is crucial for the healthy operation of wetland ecosystems.
However, the current design of ecological corridors in wetland biodiversity networks is …

Validation of functional connectivity modeling: The Achilles' heel of landscape connectivity map**

J Laliberté, MH St-Laurent - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
Modeling functional connectivity in altered landscapes is one of the growing fields of
expertise in landscape ecology, and many research teams have proposed different methods …

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 …

Factors influencing the habitat suitability of wild Asian elephants and their implications for human–elephant conflict in Myanmar

ZM Thant, P Leimgruber, AC Williams, ZM Oo… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic disturbances are key factors affecting the distribution and ranging behaviour
of wild elephants. Such disturbances exaggerate threats to the survival and population …

Patterns of livestock depredation and cost‐effectiveness of fortified livestock enclosures in northern Tanzania

BM Kissui, C Kiffner, HJ König… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Human–carnivore conflicts and retaliatory killings contribute to carnivore populations'
declines around the world. Strategies to mitigate conflicts have been developed, but their …

Least‐cost path analysis for urban greenways planning: A test with moths and birds across two habitats and two cities

M Balbi, S Croci, EJ Petit, A Butet… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
One of the major planning tools to respond to urban landscape fragmentation is the
development of ecological corridors, that is, interconnected networks of urban green and …

Evaluating the effectiveness of local-and regional-scale wildlife corridors using quantitative metrics of functional connectivity

R Naidoo, JW Kilian, P Du Preez, P Beytell… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
While corridors in conservation have a long history of use, evaluations of proposed or
existing corridors in conservation landscapes are important to avoid the same fate as poorly …

Urban wildlife corridors: Building bridges for wildlife and people

AJ Zellmer, BS Goto - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Urbanization is rapidly expanding across the globe, leading to increasing threats to wildlife
in and around cities. Wildlife corridors are one strategy used to connect fragmented wildlife …