Forks in the Road: Choices in Procedures for Designing Wildland Linkages

By Paul Beier, Daniel R. Majka, Wayne Spencer. Conservation Biology, 2008

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Use of resistance surfaces for landscape genetic studies: considerations for parameterization and analysis (2010, background): “Moreover, and despite the deceptive ease of creating resistance surfaces, there are many decisions and pitfalls involved (Beier et al. 2008); studies need to account for a number of confounding variables and uncertainties to have confidence in their analytical results.”
Cost distance modelling of landscape connectivity and gap‐crossing ability using radio‐tracking data (2010, background): “Alternatively, many studies have tried to characterize landscape connectivity using cost distance modelling (Beier et al. 2008), by representing more biologically relevant movements that take into account the interaction between landscape and movements.”
Amphibian decline, pond loss and reduced population connectivity under agricultural intensification over a 38 year period (2017, background): “Linked to habitat area and quality, the persistence of populations within a landscape is also crucially determined by the ability of an organism to move through the environment (Beier et al. 2008).”
Connecting natural landscapes using a landscape permeability model to prioritize conservation activities in the United States (2012, methodology): “2011), so that guidance is lacking about connectivity over the broad geographic extents most appropriate for conservation planning and climate adaptation strategies (Soulé & Terborgh 1999; Rouget et al. 2006; Beier et al. 2008).”
Estimating landscape resistance to movement: a review (2012, methodology): “acknowledged in studies of this type (Beier et al. 2008).”
A range-wide model of landscape connectivity and conservation for the jaguar, Panthera onca (2010, background): “While the least-cost corridors focus our efforts on areas with potential connections between jaguar populations, these analyses do not account for jaguar prey availability, inherent errors with GIS data, changes to the landscape since the GIS data were collected, and the error associated with subjec”
Are all data types and connectivity models created equal? Validating common connectivity approaches with dispersal data (2018, background): “Beier, Majka, and Spencer (2008) challenged the assumption that resistance is the linear negative inverse of habitat suitability.”
Linking ecosystem services and circuit theory to identify ecological security patterns. (2018, background): “The resistance surface characterizes the influence of landscape heterogeneity on theflowof ecological process (Beier et al., 2008; Spear et al., 2010; Adriaensen et al., 2003).”
Graph models of habitat mosaics. (2009, background): “…Letters (2009) 12: 260–273 I N T R O D U C T I O N Ecology and conservation biology are much invested in habitat connectivity and its implications for populations (Tischendorf & Fahrig 2000; Fahrig 2003; Calabrese & Fagan 2004; Chetkiewicz et al. 2006; Crooks & Sanjayan 2006; Beier et al. 2008).”
Linking movement behavior and fine-scale genetic structure to model landscape connectivity for bobcats (Lynx rufus) (2013, unknown): “For most studies to date, the assignment of resistance values has been largely subjective, often relying on expert opinion (Beier et al. 2008; Spear et al. 2010; Zeller et al. 2012).”
Targeting and evaluating biodiversity conservation action within fragmented landscapes: an approach based on generic focal species and least-cost networks (2010, background): “Least-cost paths are becoming increasingly popular for applications such as designing corridors (Rouget et al. 2006; Beier et al. 2008) and evaluating current connectivity for real species (Meegan and Maehr 2002) as well as generic profiles (Rudd et al. 2002).”
Estimating effective landscape distances and movement corridors: Comparison of habitat and genetic data (2015, methodology): “However, such approaches have frequently been shown to perform poorly (Beier et al. 2008, Shirk et al. 2010).”
Placing linkages among fragmented habitats: do least‐cost models reflect how animals use landscapes? (2011, background): “2003) Corridor: A slice of landscape encompassing the most permeable percentiles of the cost surface Habitat linkage: Connective land that promotes movement/dispersal for multiple species between core habitats (Beier et al. 2008; 2009)”