Functional connectivity patterns of the Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis in anthropogenically modified landscapes.

ABSTRACT: Anthropized environments often fragment native habitats and alter the movement of individuals across the modified landscape mosaic, which is significantly challenging for wild species. Deciphering the environmental factors associated with population genetic patterns in modified habitats is essential to understand functional connectivity and for the conservation of wild populations inhabiting increasingly modified habitats. We used ddRAD-seq genomic data to study the genetic diversity, genetic structure and functional connectivity of the Giant Toad, Rhinella horribilis populations across two landscapes with distinct levels of habitat modification. We also applied a landscape genetics approach to identify landscape variables (climatic, vegetation, water bodies, land use) associated with the

SUBMITTER: Soria-Ortiz GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12527146 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature