The dispersal process, by which individuals or other dispersing agents such as gametes or
seeds move from birthplace to a new settlement locality, has important consequences for the …

Ecological and evolutionary processes are affected by forces acting at both local and
regional scales, yet our understanding of how these scales interact has remained limited …

Habitat fragmentation, an important element of current global change, has profound
repercussions on population and species extinction. Landscape fragmentation reduces …

Dendritic landscapes can have ecological properties that differ importantly from simpler
spatial arrangements of habitats. Most dendritic landscapes are structured by elevation, and …

There has been a recent rise in the number of experiments investigating the effect of
dispersal on diversity, with many of the predictions for these tests derived from …

Seascape genetics is the study of how spatially variable structural and environmental
features influence genetic patterns of marine organisms. Seascape genetics is conceptually …

Real patterns of ecological connectivity are seldom explicitly or systematically accounted for
systematic conservation planning, in part because commonly used decision support systems …

Aim Recent efforts to apply the principles of systematic conservation planning to freshwater
ecosystems have focused on the special connected nature of these systems as a way to …

Ocean currents are expected to be the predominant environmental factor influencing the
dispersal of planktonic larvae or spores; yet, their characterization as predictors of marine …

The precarious state of many nearshore marine ecosystems has prompted the use of marine
protected areas as a tool for management and conservation. However, there remains …