Habitat connectivity in biodiversity conservation: A review of recent studies and applications

CA Correa Ayram, ME Mendoza… - Progress in …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of landscape connectivity in conservation has increased considerably since the
early part of the 21st century. While the implications of landscape connectivity are self …

Species' traits as predictors of range shifts under contemporary climate change: A review and meta‐analysis

SA MacLean, SR Beissinger - Global Change Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of literature seeks to explain variation in range shifts using species'
ecological and life‐history traits, with expectations that shifts should be greater in species …

Achieving climate connectivity in a fragmented landscape

JL McGuire, JJ Lawler, BH McRae… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The contiguous United States contains a disconnected patchwork of natural lands. This
fragmentation by human activities limits species' ability to track suitable climates as they …
SA Parks, LM Holsinger, JT Abatzoglou… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species across the planet are shifting their ranges to track suitable climate conditions in
response to climate change. Given that protected areas have higher quality habitat and often …

Biodiversity and topographic complexity: modern and geohistorical perspectives

C Badgley, TM Smiley, R Terry, EB Davis… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Topographically complex regions on land and in the oceans feature hotspots of biodiversity
that reflect geological influences on ecological and evolutionary processes. Over geologic …

Understanding and minimizing environmental impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative

AC Hughes - Conservation Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) sets to create connections and build
infrastructure across Eurasia, Asia, and parts of the African continent in its initial phase and …

A systematic review of ecological attributes that confer resilience to climate change in environmental restoration

BL Timpane-Padgham, T Beechie, T Klinger - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Ecological restoration is widely practiced as a means of rehabilitating ecosystems and
habitats that have been degraded or impaired through human use or other causes …

A resilient and connected network of sites to sustain biodiversity under a changing climate

MG Anderson, M Clark, AP Olivero… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Motivated by declines in biodiversity exacerbated by climate change, we identified a network
of conservation sites designed to provide resilient habitat for species, while supporting …

Adapting systematic conservation planning for climate change

AE Reside, N Butt, VM Adams - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2018 - Springer
With the high rate of ecosystem change, effective systematic conservation planning must
account for ongoing and imminent threats to biodiversity to ensure its persistence …

Connectivity for species on the move: supporting climate‐driven range shifts

CE Littlefield, M Krosby, JL Michalak… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many species are already responding to global climate change by shifting their ranges to
track suitable climatic conditions. However, habitat loss and fragmentation, coupled with the …