Landscape connectivity

Landscape connectivity

Landscape connectivity is 'the degree to which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches' (Taylor et al, 1993)

It has two components (Brooks 2003):

Structural connectivity: the spatial structure of a landscape and can be described from map elements

Biological component: the response of individuals to landscape features (functional connectivity)

References

Brooks, C. P. 2003. A scalar analysis of landscape connectivity. Oikos 102:433-439.

Taylor, P.D., Fahrig, L., Henein, K. and Merriam, G., 1993. Connectivity is a vital element of landscape structure. Oikos, 68: 571-573.


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