The ties that bind the sagebrush biome: integrating genetic connectivity into range-wide conservation of greater sage-grouse.

ABSTRACT: Conserving genetic connectivity is fundamental to species persistence, yet rarely is made actionable into spatial planning for imperilled species. Climate change and habitat degradation have added urgency to embrace connectivity into networks of protected areas. Our two-step process integrates a network model with a functional connectivity model, to identify population centres important to maintaining genetic connectivity then to delineate those pathways most likely to facilitate connectivity thereamong for the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a species of conservation concern ranging across eleven western US states and into two Canadian provinces. This replicable process yielded spatial action maps, able to be prioritized by importance to maintaining range-wide gene

SUBMITTER: Cross TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9943888 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature