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标题：Supporting Adaptive Connectivity in Dynamic Landscapes
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作者：Megan K. Jennings ; Katherine A. Zeller ; Rebecca L. Lewison 等
期刊名称：Land
印刷版ISSN：2073-445X
出版年度：2020
卷号：9
期号：295
页码：295
DOI：10.3390/land9090295
语种：English
出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
摘要：A central tenet of landscape conservation planning is that natural communities can be supported by a connected landscape network that supports many species and habitat types. However, as the planning environment, ecological conditions, and risks and stressors change over time, the areas needed to support landscape connectivity may also shift. We demonstrate an approach designed to assess functional and structural connectivity of an established protected area network that has experienced landscape and planning changes over time. Here we present an approach designed to inform adaptive planning for connectivity with a complementary suite of analytical techniques. Using existing occurrence, movement, and genetic data for six focal species, we create a spatially explicit connectivity assessment based on landscape resistance, paired with a landscape feature geodiversity analysis. Although factors such as cost, conservation goals, and land management strategies must be taken into account, this approach provides a template for leveraging available empirical data and robust analyses to evaluate and adapt planning for protected area networks that can preserve and promote both functional and structural connectivity in dynamic landscapes.