Conservation practitioners have long recognized ecological connectivity as a global priority
for preserving biodiversity and ecosystem function. In the early years of conservation …

Over a million species face extinction, highlighting the urgent need for conservation policies
that maximize the protection of biodiversity to sustain its manifold contributions to people's …

Abstract Purpose of Review We examined recent literature on promoting habitat connectivity
in the context of climate change (CC) and land-use change (LUC). These two global change …

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COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM | SEPTEMBER 2019 | VOL. 62 | NO. 9 Computational …

Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional
migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller …

Spatial heterogeneity in the environment induces variation in population demographic rates
and dispersal patterns, which result in spatio‐temporal variation in density and gene flow …

Many large-scale connectivity initiatives have been proposed around the world with the aim
of maintaining or restoring connectivity to offset the impacts on biodiversity of habitat loss …

Habitat loss and fragmentation impede the movement of animals across landscapes causing
biodiversity change. One strategy to counter these effects is to protect and restore habitat …

Although many migratory species are of conservation concern, traditional conservation
policies and economic analysis rarely address the unique characteristics of migratory …

Local species assemblages are likely the result of habitat and landscape filtering. However,
there is still limited knowledge on how landscape functional connectivity complements …