How to make landscape genetics beneficial for conservation management?

D Keller, R Holderegger, MJ van Strien, J Bolliger - Conservation Genetics, 2015 - Springer
Many landscape genetic studies promise results that can be applied in conservation
management. However, only few landscape genetic studies have been used by …

Amphibian molecular ecology and how it has informed conservation

E McCartney‐Melstad, HB Shaffer - Molecular Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular ecology has become one of the key tools in the modern conservationist's kit. Here
we review three areas where molecular ecology has been applied to amphibian …

Validation of functional connectivity modeling: The Achilles' heel of landscape connectivity mapping

J Laliberté, MH St-Laurent - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2020 - Elsevier
Modeling functional connectivity in altered landscapes is one of the growing fields of
expertise in landscape ecology, and many research teams have proposed different methods …

Applying circuit theory for corridor expansion and management at regional scales: tiling, pinch points, and omnidirectional connectivity

D Pelletier, M Clark, MG Anderson, B Rayfield… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Connectivity models are useful tools that improve the ability of researchers and managers to
plan land use for conservation and preservation. Most connectivity models function in a point …

Movement ecology of amphibians: from individual migratory behaviour to spatially structured populations in heterogeneous landscapes,

U Sinsch - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Both genetic cohesion among local populations of animals and range expansion depend on
the frequency of dispersers moving at an interpatch scale. Animal movement has an …

Adaptation with gene flow across the landscape in a dune sunflower

RL Andrew, KL Ostevik, DP Ebert… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Isolation by adaptation increases divergence at neutral loci when natural selection against
immigrants reduces the rate of gene flow between different habitats. This can occur early in …

landgenreport: a new r function to simplify landscape genetic analysis using resistance surface layers

B Gruber, AT Adamack - Molecular Ecology Resources, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We describe functions recently added to the r package popgenreport that can be used to
perform a landscape genetic analysis (LGA) based on landscape resistance surfaces, which …

gflow: software for modelling circuit theory‐based connectivity at any scale

PB Leonard, EB Duffy, RF Baldwin… - Methods in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing habitat connectivity is important for mitigating the effects of climate change,
landscape fragmentation and habitat loss for biodiversity conservation. However, modelling …

A stochastic movement simulator improves estimates of landscape connectivity

A Coulon, J Aben, SCF Palmer, VM Stevens… - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation actions often focus on restoration or creation of natural areas designed to
facilitate the movements of organisms among populations. To be efficient, these actions …

Surface water network structure, landscape resistance to movement and flooding vital for maintaining ecological connectivity across Australia's largest river basin

R Bishop-Taylor, MG Tulbure, M Broich - Landscape Ecology, 2015 - Springer
Context Landscape-scale research quantifying ecological connectivity is required to
maintain the viability of populations in dynamic environments increasingly impacted by …