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Botting, I, Ascensão, F, Navarro, LM, Paniw, M, Tablado, Z, Román, J, Revilla, E and D'Amico, M (2023) The road to success and the fences to be crossed: considering multiple infrastructure in landscape connectivity modelling. Wildlife Biology. ISSN 0909-6396
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Abstract
Linear infrastructure represent a barrier to movement for many species, reducing the connectivity of the landscapes in which they reside. Of all linear infrastructure, roads and fences are two of the most ubiquitous, and are understood to reduce landscape connectivity for wildlife. However, what is often neglected consideration is a holistic approach of modelling the effects of multiple types of linear infrastructure simultaneously. Few studies have examined this, typically assessing the impacts of a singular kind of infrastructure on landscape connectivity. Therefore, the aim of this study is to address the relative importance of considering multiple kinds of linear infrastructure in landscape connectivity modelling. We utilised presence data of red deer Cervus elaphus and wild boar Sus scrofa in Doñana Biosphere Reserve (Spain) to generate a sequential approach of scenarios of landscape connectivity; firstly only with environmental variables, secondly with roads as the sole infrastructure, thirdly with the addition of fences, and finally with the further addition of fences and wildlife road-crossing structures. We found that the connectivity of the landscape was greatly affected by the addition of fences and wildlife road-crossing structures in both species, with fences in particular causing considerable alterations to estimated movement pathways. Our finding impresses a need to consider multiple different types of linear infrastructure when modelling landscape connectivity to enable a more realistic view of wildlife movement and inform mitigation and conservation measures more accurately.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0608 Zoology; Ecology |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | Biological & Environmental Sciences (from Sep 19) |
| Publisher: | Wiley on behalf of Nordic Society Oikos |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2024 13:47 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2024 13:47 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1002/wlb3.01187 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22554 |
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