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Abstract
Modeling Functional Landscape Connectivity
Track: Ecology, Archaeology, and Conservation
Author(s): David Theobald
A significant challenge for conservation science is to understand the needs of wide-ranging species during the design of nature reserves. Although numerous GIS methods exist to analyze patch composition and structure, few methods readily allow a user to incorporate species behavior and scaling. I will demonstrate a general approach that allows functional properties of organisms and processes to be modeled so that possible habitat fragmentation due to land use change (including housing development and roads) can be assessed. Results of this modeling approach will be illustrated through landscape connectivity maps for lynx (Lynx canadensis).
David Theobald
Natural Resource Ecology Lab
Colorado State University
Fort Collins , CO 80523-1499
USA
Phone: 970 491 5122
Fax: 970 491 1965
E-mail: davet@nrel.colostate.edu