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Creating bigger, better and more joined-up habitat networks
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2016/08/03/creating-bigger-better-joined-habitat-networks/[font face=Serif]August 3, 2016
[font size=5]Creating bigger, better and more joined-up habitat networks[/font]
[font size=3]Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new ‘route planner’ tool that could help conservationists aid the movement of species as they adapt to a changing climate.
The environmental ranges of many animal and plant species are starting to alter with climate change, as temperatures change and force species to migrate to more suitable climes.
To be able to do this successfully, they will need sufficient habitat in their existing range, their future range, and any intermediate areas to enable populations to survive and thrive. Many conservation initiatives to restore habitats and increase connectivity are trying to address this issue. However, existing modelling tools mainly treat the landscape as static, and it is difficult to use these to plan restoration.
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Lead author Dr Jenny Hodgson, from the University’s Institute of Integrative Biology, explained: “Sites across a wide area can be thought of as an ‘ecological network’ and to be really effective these networks need to be bigger, better and more joined up.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12614[font size=5]Creating bigger, better and more joined-up habitat networks[/font]
[font size=3]Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new ‘route planner’ tool that could help conservationists aid the movement of species as they adapt to a changing climate.
The environmental ranges of many animal and plant species are starting to alter with climate change, as temperatures change and force species to migrate to more suitable climes.
To be able to do this successfully, they will need sufficient habitat in their existing range, their future range, and any intermediate areas to enable populations to survive and thrive. Many conservation initiatives to restore habitats and increase connectivity are trying to address this issue. However, existing modelling tools mainly treat the landscape as static, and it is difficult to use these to plan restoration.
…
Lead author Dr Jenny Hodgson, from the University’s Institute of Integrative Biology, explained: “Sites across a wide area can be thought of as an ‘ecological network’ and to be really effective these networks need to be bigger, better and more joined up.
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