The application of 'least-cost' modelling as a functional landscape model

By F. Adriaensen, J. Chardon, G. Blust, E. Swinnen, S. Villalba, Hubert Gulinck, E. Matthysen. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Why Did the Bear Cross the Road? Comparing the Performance of Multiple Resistance Surfaces and Connectivity Modeling Methods (2014, background): “For example, least cost path modeling identifies the single, lowest cost route through a landscape between two points [8].”
The influences of landscape structure on butterfly distribution and movement: a review (2009, background): “Recent diffusion (Ovaskainen 2004) and GIS (Adriaensen et al. 2003) modelling approaches are also contributing to our understanding of the role of corridors. Sutcliffe et al. (2003) used least-cost modelling to compare Euclidean distance and least-cost pathways as explanatory variables in dispersal ”
ISOLATION BY RESISTANCE (2006, positive): “The optimal route connecting each sample pair is then plotted, and a costweighted distance (the cumulative cost of all cells the route runs through) is used as an index of effective distance between them (Adriaensen et al. 2003).”
Ecological connectivity research in urban areas (2015, methodology): “The second approach uses modelling techniques, such as least-cost path analysis (Adriaensen et al. 2003), circuit theory (McRae et al. 2008) and other graph theoretic models (Urban & Keitt 2001) to model functional connectivity via estimates of landscape ‘resistance’.”
Biological corridors and connectivity (2013, background): “Corridor maps give a more realistic view of the functionally cheapest routes in the landscape from the designated source to the destination (Adriaensen et al. 2003) (Box 21.”
Estimating utilization distributions from fitted step-selection functions (2017, background): “…to other areas in the landscape, SSFs could be used to identify likely movement corridors between populations (e.g., using least cost path [Adriaensen et al. 2003] or circuit theory [McRae et al. 2008]), or to derive effective costs separating populations that can be contrasted with…”
Are all data types and connectivity models created equal? Validating common connectivity approaches with dispersal data (2018, methodology): “Two of the most commonly used connectivity algorithms are CircuitScape (McRae, 2006) and cost distance- based approaches, such as the least- cost corridor (Adriaensen et al., 2003).”
Targeting and evaluating biodiversity conservation action within fragmented landscapes: an approach based on generic focal species and least-cost networks (2010, methodology): “The permeability score of each matrix land cover type was used to define the effective or least-cost distance a species can potentially move through the matrix ( Adriaensen et al. 2003; Chardon et al. 2003; Sutcliffe et al. 2003).”
Connectivity of the global network of protected areas (2016, background): “Species responses to matrix perception can be modelled as effective (least cost) distances across resistance surfaces (Adriaensen et al., 2003; Richard & Armstrong, 2010), but these resistance surfaces are highly species specific, should be based on empirical data (e.”
Landscape connectivity and animal behavior: functional grain as a key determinant for dispersal (2007, positive): “The cost of each landscape component reflects the degree to which that element facilitates or impedes dispersal movements for the studied organism (Adriaensen et al. 2003).”
Genetic isolation by distance and landscape connectivity in the American marten (Martes americana) (2006, positive): “The length of least-cost paths was then used as a measure of the functional connectivity between individuals within a population (Adriaensen et al. 2003).”
Habitat suitability, corridors and dispersal barriers for large carnivores in Poland (2010, background): “Designing corridors for a species or group of species consists of at least two steps when based on computer models: the determination of friction or cost values associated with different habitat types, and the actual determination of routes that minimize the costs, the least cost paths (LCP, Schadt ”
Estimating landscape resistance to movement: a review (2012, background): “Another approach is to evaluate the environment within a buffer around each animal detection or movement pathway, where the buffer encompasses the positional error of the data (Adriaensen et al. 2003; Braunisch et al. 2010).”
Does matrix resistance influence Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris L. 1758) distribution in an urban landscape? (2003, background): “Least cost modelling seems a user-friendly tool to incorporate landscape effects into isolation measures, and also to compare and evaluate landscape scenarios land re-allotment, de-fragmentation projects, corridor design, ... see also Walker and Craighead 1997; Ricketts 2001; Adriaensen et al. 2003”
Quantifying functional connectivity: Experimental evidence for patch-specific resistance in the Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) (2004, methodology): “The other approach relies on the least-cost modelling procedure Adriaensen et al. 2003, which allows to calculate the ‘effective dispersal distance’, a distance modified according to the interaction between the landscape structure and the behaviour of the organism under study.”