Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes.
Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate …

Connectivity is classically considered an emergent property of landscapes encapsulating
individuals' flows across space. However, its operational use requires a precise …

Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of
population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions …

Habitat loss is a primary threat to biodiversity across the planet, yet contentious debate has
ensued on the importance of habitat fragmentation 'per se'(ie, altered spatial configuration of …

In 2010, the 192 State Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a
Strategic Plan to halt biodiversity loss and ensure the sustainable and equitable use of …

Connectivity of protected areas (PAs) is crucial for meeting their conservation goals. We
provide the first global evaluation of countries' progress towards Aichi Target 11 of the …

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 …

Landscape ecological security pattern (LESP) can effectively safeguard urban ecological
security, which is vital for urban sustainable development. Previous studies have not …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

Aim There is enormous interest in applying connectivity modelling to resistance surfaces for
identifying corridors for conservation action. However, the multiple analytical approaches …