From: 'H. Gyde Lund' gyde@comcast.net [biodiversitysurvival] <biodiversitysurvival@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 24 August 2014 11:22
Subject: [Biodiv] 2014-08-24 NRMI: This Issue: Measuring and Monitoring Forest Connectivity and Some Other Good Things.
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2014-08-24 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST
This Issue: Measuring and Monitoring Forest Connectivity and Some Other Good Things.
MEASURING AND MONITORING FOREST CONNECTIVITY – In July, a list member expressed interest in measuring forest connectivity. Here are some sites that may be of interest.
Adriaensen, Frank et al. n.d. Restoration and Increase of Connectivity among Fragmented Forest Patches in the Taita Hills, South-east Kenya. CEPF project 1095347968. 149 p.
Anderson, Christopher J.; Mitsch, William J. 2008. Influence of Flood Connectivity on Bottomland Hardwood Forest Productivity in Central Ohio. Ohio Journal of Science, 108 (2): 2-8.
Bélisle, Marc. 2005. Measuring landscape connectivity: the challenge of behavioral landscape ecology. Ecology, 86(8): 1988–1995.
Brouwers, N.C., et al. 2009. Measuring woodland connectivity for wood cricket (Nemobius sylvestris) on the Isle of Wight, UK. In: Catchpole, R., et al. (Eds.), Ecological Networks: Science and Practice .IALE (UK) - Conference proceedings 2009, Edinburgh, UK,: 25-32.
Collier, Kevin, et al. 2004. Measuring stream network connectivity: how close is close enough? Water & Atmosphere 12(1). 2 p.
D'Eon, R. G., et al. 2002. Landscape connectivity as a function of scale and organism vagility in a real forested landscape. Conservation Ecology 6(2): 10.
Estreguil, C et al. 2012. Habitat landscape pattern and connectivity indices. Used at varying spatial scales for harmonized reporting in the EBONE project. Alterra Report 2297. 83 p.
Estregull, C.; Mouton, C. 2009. Measuring and reporting on forest landscape pattern, fragmentation and connectivity in Europe: methods and indicators. JRC Scientifi and Technical Reports. EUR 23841 EN. 69 p.
Estregull, Christine et al. 2012. Reporting on European Forest Fragmentation: Standardized Indices and Web Map Services. Earthzine.
FAO. 2000. Assessing forest integrity and naturalness in relation to biodiversity. Forest Resources Assessment - WP 54
Garcia-Feced, C. et al. 2011. Improving landscape connectivity in forest districts: A two-stage process for prioritizing agricultural patches for reforestation. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 154–161
Hurd, James D. et al. 2002. Development of a forest fragmentation index to quantify the rate of forest change. 2002 ASPRS-ACSM Annual Conference and FIG XXII Congress.18 p.
Kindlmann, Pavel; Burel, Francoise. 2009. Connectivity measures: a review. Landscape Ecol 23:879–890.
Laita, A. et al. 2011. Graph-theoretic connectivity measures: what do they tell us about connectivity? Landscape Ecol .26: 951–967.
Lin, Jeff P. 2008. A Metric and GIS Tool for Measuring Connectivity Among Habitat Patches Using Least-Cost Distances. ERDC TN-EMRRP-EBA-02. 16 p.
Lin, Jeff P. 2009. The Functional Linkage Index: A Metric for Measuring Connectivity among Habitat Patches Using Least-Cost Distances. Journal of Conservation Planning 5: 28-37.
McIntyre, N.E., et al. 2014. Climate forcing of wetland landscape connectivity in the Great Plains. Front. Ecol. Environ. 12(1):59-64. Abstract.
McRae, Brad H. et al. 2012. Where to Restore Ecological Connectivity? Detecting Barriers and Quantifying Restoration Benefits. PLOS One. 12 p.
Melles, S., et al. 2012. Relative importance of nesting habitat and measures of connectivity in predicting the occurrence of a forest songbird in fragmented landscapes. Avian Conservation and Ecology 7(2): 3.
Merriam, Gray; Lanoue, Alain. 1990. Corridor use by small mammals: field measurement for three experimental types of Peromyscus leucopus, Landscape Ecology 4 (2/3): 123-131
Mills, L. Scott et al. 2003. Measuring and interpreting connectivity for mammals in coniferous forests. In: Management & Conservation in the Coniferous Forests of Western North America. 14 p.
Prugh, Laura R. 2009. An evaluation of patch connectivity measures. Ecological Applications 19:1300–1310
Riitters, Kurt H. et al. 2002. Fragmentation of Continental United States Forests. Ecosystems 5: 815–822
Santiago, Saura et al. 2011. Key structural forest connectors can be identified by combining landscape spatial pattern and network analyses. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 150–160.
Saura, Santiago et al. 2011. Network analysis to assess landscape connectivity trends: Application to European forests (1990–2000). Ecological Indicators 11: 407-418.
Tambosi, L.R., et al. 2014. A framework to optimize biodiversity restoration efforts based on habitat amount and landscape connectivity. Restor. Ecol. 22(2):169-177. Abstract.
Tischendorf, L.; Fahrig, L. 2000. How should we measure landscape connectivity? Landscape Ecology 15: 633-641. Abstract.
Tischendorf, L.; Fahrig, L. 2000. On the usage and measurement of landscape connectivity. Oikos 90:7-19.
Tole. L. 2006. Measurement and management of human-induced patterns of forest fragmentation: a case study. Environ Manage ;37(6):788-801. Abstract.
Tresidder, Mike. 2005. Using GIS to Measure Connectivity: An Exploration of Issues. Field Area Paper. 43 p.
Uezu, Alexandre et al. 2005. Effects of structural and functional connectivity and patch size on the abundance of seven Atlantic Forest bird species. Biological Conservation 123: 507–519.
Wegmann, M., et al. 2014. Role of African protected areas in maintaining connectivity for large mammals. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London. [Biol.] 369(1643):20130193. Abstract.
SOME PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST
Pitt, Fergus 2014. Sensors and Journalism. Tow Center. 243 p.
Schiffman, R. 2014. Drones flying high as new tool for field biologists. Science 344(6183):459. Summary.
Scholte, Paul.2000. Defining a legend for the future vegetation map of Tropical Arabia. Proceeding IAVS Symposium: 258-262.
Schutgens, M., et al. 2014. Estimating scavenger and search bias for collision fatality surveys of large birds on power lines in the Karoo, South Africa. Ostrich 85(1):39-45.
Schwartz, G., et al 2014. Disturbance level determines the regeneration of commercial tree species in the Eastern Amazon. Biotropica 46(2):148-156. Abstract.
Scullion, J.J., et al. 2014. Assessing the influence of land-cover change and conflicting land-use authorizations on ecosystem conversion on the forest frontier of Madre de Dios, Peru. Biol. Conserv. 171:247-258. Abstract,
Sicuriello, F., et al. 2014. Assessing the habitat conservation status by soil parameters and plant ecoindicators. iForest 7:170-177.
Sills, Jennifer. 2014. Biology's drones: Undermined by fear .Science 344(6190): 1351
Singh, Sudhir Kumar. 2010. Temporal monitoring impact of land use and land cover change in Shiwalik hills of Punjab, India using satellite remote sensing. Geospatial World
Smith, S.D.A; Edgar, R.J. 2014. Documenting the density of subtidal marine debris across multiple marine and coastal habitats. PLoS ONE 9(4):e94593.
Sobanski, N.; Marques, M.C.M. 2014. Effects of soil characteristics and exotic grass cover on the forest restoration of the Atlantic Forest region. J. Nature Conserv. 22(3):217-222.
Sousa-Baena, M.S., et al. 2014. Completeness of digital accessible knowledge of the plants of Brazil and priorities for survey and inventory. Divers. Distrib. 20(4):369-381.
Souto, T., et al. 2014. Classifying conservation targets based on the origin of motivation: implications over the success of community-based conservation projects. Biodivers. Conserv. 23(5):1331-1337.
St-Louis, V., et al. 2014. Modelling avian biodiversity using raw, unclassified satellite imagery. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London. [Biol.] 369(1643):20130197. Abstract.
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