Habitat connectivity in biodiversity conservation: A review of recent studies and applications

CA Correa Ayram, ME Mendoza… - Progress in …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of landscape connectivity in conservation has increased considerably since the
early part of the 21st century. While the implications of landscape connectivity are self …

Microbes as marine habitat formers and ecosystem engineers

R Danovaro, LA Levin, G Fanelli, L Scenna… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite their small individual size, marine prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes can form
large 3D structures and complex habitats. These habitats contribute to seafloor …

Landscape genomics: understanding relationships between environmental heterogeneity and genomic characteristics of populations

N Balkenhol, RY Dudaniec, KV Krutovsky… - Population genomics …, 2019 - Springer
Landscape genomics is a rapidly advancing research field that combines population
genomics, landscape ecology, and spatial analytical techniques to explicitly quantify the …

Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science

SJ Pittman, KL Yates, PJ Bouchet… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Seascape ecology, the marine-centric counterpart to landscape ecology, is rapidly emerging
as an interdisciplinary and spatially explicit ecological science with relevance to marine …

Habitat connectivity of fish in temperate shallow-water seascapes

D Perry, TAB Staveley, M Gullström - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Movements of organisms comprise a fundamental aspect of coastal habitat connectivity.
Determining the distribution and co-existence of habitat specialists and generalists in …

Marine spatial planning for connectivity and conservation through ecological corridors between marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation …

C Podda, EMD Porporato - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) promotes the sustainable human activities development
and uses in the marine space, playing a role in their effective management. The …

[HTML][HTML] movecost: An R package for calculating accumulated slope-dependent anisotropic cost-surfaces and least-cost paths

G Alberti - SoftwareX, 2019 - Elsevier
Cost-surface and least-cost path analyses are widely used tools to understand the ways in
which movement relates and engages with the surrounding space. They are employed in …

An approach to incorporating inferred connectivity of adult movement into marine protected area design with limited data

SK Friesen, R Martone, E Rubidge… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are important conservation tools that can support the
resilience of marine ecosystems. Many countries, including Canada, have committed to …

Drone-Based Tracking of the Fine-Scale Movement of a Coastal Stingray (Bathytoshia brevicaudata)

S Oleksyn, L Tosetto, V Raoult, JE Williamson - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coastal ecosystems are under threat from a range of anthropogenic impacts that disrupt
habitat connectivity and the ability for animals to move within them. Understanding fine-scale …

Temperate zone coastal seascapes: seascape patterning and adjacent seagrass habitat shape the distribution of rocky reef fish assemblages

DS Swadling, NA Knott, MJ Rees, AR Davis - Landscape Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Context Whilst the composition and arrangement of habitats within landscape mosaics are
known to be important determinants of biodiversity patterns, the influence of seascape …