Circuit-theory applications to connectivity science and conservation.

Autor: Dickson BG; Conservation Science Partners Inc., 11050 Pioneer Trail, Suite 202, Truckee, CA, 96161, U.S.A.; Landscape Conservation Initiative, Northern Arizona University, Box 5694, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, U.S.A., Albano CM; Conservation Science Partners Inc., 11050 Pioneer Trail, Suite 202, Truckee, CA, 96161, U.S.A., Anantharaman R; Julia Computing, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, U.S.A., Beier P; School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Box 15018, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, U.S.A., Fargione J; The Nature Conservancy - North America Region, 1101 West River Parkway, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, U.S.A., Graves TA; U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, 38 Mather Drive, West Glacier, MT, 59936, U.S.A., Gray ME; Conservation Science Partners Inc., 11050 Pioneer Trail, Suite 202, Truckee, CA, 96161, U.S.A., Hall KR; The Nature Conservancy - North America Region, 1101 West River Parkway, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, U.S.A., Lawler JJ; School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Box 352100, Seattle, WA, 98195, U.S.A., Leonard PB; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Science Applications, 101 12th Avenue, Number 110, Fairbanks, AK, 99701, U.S.A., Littlefield CE; School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Box 352100, Seattle, WA, 98195, U.S.A., McClure ML; Conservation Science Partners Inc., 11050 Pioneer Trail, Suite 202, Truckee, CA, 96161, U.S.A., Novembre J; Department of Human Genetics, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 920 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, U.S.A., Schloss CA; The Nature Conservancy, 201 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A., Schumaker NH; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 200 Southwest 35th Street, Corvallis, OR, 97330, U.S.A., Shah VB; Julia Computing, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, U.S.A., Theobald DM; Conservation Science Partners Inc., 11050 Pioneer Trail, Suite 202, Truckee, CA, 96161, U.S.A.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology [Conserv Biol] 2019 Apr; Vol. 33 (2), pp. 239-249. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Nov 27.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13230
Abstrakt: Conservation practitioners have long recognized ecological connectivity as a global priority for preserving biodiversity and ecosystem function. In the early years of conservation science, ecologists extended principles of island biogeography to assess connectivity based on source patch proximity and other metrics derived from binary maps of habitat. From 2006 to 2008, the late Brad McRae introduced circuit theory as an alternative approach to model gene flow and the dispersal or movement routes of organisms. He posited concepts and metrics from electrical circuit theory as a robust way to quantify movement across multiple possible paths in a landscape, not just a single least-cost path or corridor. Circuit theory offers many theoretical, conceptual, and practical linkages to conservation science. We reviewed 459 recent studies citing circuit theory or the open-source software Circuitscape. We focused on applications of circuit theory to the science and practice of connectivity conservation, including topics in landscape and population genetics, movement and dispersal paths of organisms, anthropogenic barriers to connectivity, fire behavior, water flow, and ecosystem services. Circuit theory is likely to have an effect on conservation science and practitioners through improved insights into landscape dynamics, animal movement, and habitat-use studies and through the development of new software tools for data analysis and visualization. The influence of circuit theory on conservation comes from the theoretical basis and elegance of the approach and the powerful collaborations and active user community that have emerged. Circuit theory provides a springboard for ecological understanding and will remain an important conservation tool for researchers and practitioners around the globe.
(© 2018 Society for Conservation Biology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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