Connectivity and fragmentation

Understanding unexpected reintroduction outcomes: Why aren't European bison colonizing suitable habitat in the Carpathians?
Reintroductions are an important tool for re-establishing or reinforcing populations of threatened species, and thus to restore …
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Effects of past and future land conversions on forest connectivity in the Argentine Chaco
Context Land-use change is the main driver of habitat loss and fragmentation worldwide. The rate of dry forest loss in the South …
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Mapping seasonal European bison habitat in the Caucasus Mountains to identify potential reintroduction sites
In an increasingly human-dominated world, conservation requires the mitigation of conflicts between large mammals and people. Conflicts …
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Effects of different matrix representations and connectivity measures on habitat network assessments
Assessing landscape connectivity is important to understand the ecology of landscapes and to evaluate alternative conservation …
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Future land use effects on the connectivity of protected area networks in southeastern Spain
Land-use change is a major driver of the global biodiversity crisis, mainly via the fragmentation and loss of natural habitat. Although …
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Potential habitat connectivity of European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Carpathians
Habitat connectivity is important for the survival of species that occupy habitat patches too small to sustain an isolated population. …
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Reconstructing range dynamics and range fragmentation of European bison for the last 8000 years
Aim: Understanding what constituted species’ ranges prior to large-scale human influence, and how past climate and land use change have …
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Predicting potential European bison habitat across its former range
Habitat loss threatens large mammals worldwide, and their survival will depend on habitat in human-dominated landscapes. Conservation …
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European Bison habitat in the Carpathian Mountains
European Bison (Bison bonasus) barely escaped extinction in the early 20th century and now only occur in small isolated herds scattered …
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Using image texture to map farmland field size: a case study in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe provides unique opportunities to study changes in land use patterns, because much farmland became parcelized in the …
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