Abstract

Mapping Permeable Landscapes for a Changing Climate in the Eastern US
Track: Conservation
Authors: Melissa Clark

Maintaining connectivity, or permeable landscapes, is often cited as a key to protecting biodiversity in the face of climate change, but measuring which areas actually contribute most to permeability on a regional scale is difficult. Here, I present methods in ArcGIS using circuit theory that explicitly address climate change by modeling relative permeability for the eastern United States that integrates climate gradients, elevation gradients, landscape diversity, and landuse.