Wildlife resistance and protection in a changing New England landscape.

ABSTRACT: Rapid changes in climate and land use threaten the persistence of wildlife species. Understanding where species are likely to occur now and in the future can help identify areas that are resistant to change over time and guide conservation planning. We estimated changes in species distribution patterns and spatial resistance in five future scenarios for the New England region of the northeastern United States. We present scenario-specific distribution change maps for nine harvested wildlife species, identifying regions of increasing, decreasing, or stable habitat suitability within each scenario. Next, we isolated areas where species occurrence probability is high (p > 0.7) and resistant to change across all future scenarios. Resistance was also evaluated relative to current land protectio

SUBMITTER: Pearman-Gillman SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7515594 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature