Dispersal Ecology Informs Design of Large-Scale Wildlife Corridors.

ABSTRACT: Landscape connectivity describes how the movement of animals relates to landscape structure. The way in which movement among populations is affected by environmental conditions is important for predicting the effects of habitat fragmentation, and for defining conservation corridors. One approach has been to map resistance surfaces to characterize how environmental variables affect animal movement, and to use these surfaces to model connectivity. However, current connectivity modelling typically uses information on species location or habitat preference rather than movement, which unfortunately may not capture dispersal limitations. Here we emphasize the importance of implementing dispersal ecology into landscape connectivity, i.e., observing patterns of habitat selection by dispersers duri

SUBMITTER: Benz RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5033395 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature