[Forest-list] 2014-08-24 NRMI: This Issue: Measuring and Monitoring Forest Connectivity and Some Other Good Things.

[H. Gyde Lund]

*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.* 
<http://easternarc.or.tz/downloads/07/CEPF_Ghent_Taita_Hills_final_report.pdf>CEPF 
project 1095347968. 149 p.

Anderson, Christopher J.; Mitsch, William J. 2008. *Influence of Flood 
Connectivity on Bottomland Hardwood Forest Productivity in Central 
Ohio.* 
<http://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/48378/V108N2_2.pdf?sequence=1>Ohio 
Journal of Science, 108 (2): 2-8.

Bélisle, Marc. 2005. *Measuring landscape connectivity: the challenge of 
behavioral landscape ecology.* 
<http://www.moodle.ufba.br/file.php/8907/material_PaisagemEcossistema/arquivos_terceira_semana/Conectividade_Belisle_Ecology_2005.pdf>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.* 
<http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/4481/1/connectivity_for_wood_cricket.pdf>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?*<http://www.niwa.co.nz/sites/niwa.co.nz/files/import/attachments/connect.pdf>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.* 
<http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol6/iss2/art10/>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.* <http://edepot.wur.nl/214000>**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.*<http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/measuring-and-reporting-on-forest-landscape-pattern-fragmentation-and-connectivity-in-europe-pbLBNA23841/downloads/LB-NA-23841-EN-C/LBNA23841ENC_002.pdf;pgid=Iq1Ekni0.1lSR0OOK4MycO9B0000N9r2Pwhc;sid=Fgw207ZNTJA20eWd5P-odNRoEd8wALGeEN8=?FileName=LBNA23841ENC_002.pdf&SKU=LBNA23841ENC_PDF&CatalogueNumber=LB-NA-23841-EN-C>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* 
<http://www.earthzine.org/2012/07/05/reporting-on-european-forest-fragmentation-standardized-indices-and-web-map-services/>. 
Earthzine.

FAO. 2000. *Assessing forest integrity and naturalness in relation to 
biodiversity.* 
<http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/ad654e/ad654e00.htm#TopOfPage>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* 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=Measuring+forest+connectivty&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CD0QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fs.fed.us%2Frmrs%2Fdocs%2Fpubs%2Fgenetics%2Fmeasuring_connectivity.pdf&ei=e_HQU8mxO8zJsQS0oYCwBw&usg=AFQjCNHddufBwGigbzKvstREpQxEY1dI7w>*. 
*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* 
<http://clear.uconn.edu/publications/research/tech_papers/Hurd_et_al_ASPRS2002.pdf>*. 
*2002 ASPRS-ACSM Annual Conference and FIG XXII Congress*.*18 p.

Kindlmann, Pavel; Burel, Francoise. 2009. *Connectivity measures: a 
review.* 
<http://web.natur.cuni.cz/uzp/data/Connectivity%20measures%20a%20review.pdf>Landscape 
Ecol 23:879--890.

Laita, A. et al. 2011.*Graph-theoretic connectivity measures: what do 
they tell us about connectivity?* 
<http://users.jyu.fi/%7Ejkotiaho/Publications/LandscapeEcology11.pdf>**Landscape 
Ecol .26: 951--967.

Lin, Jeff P. 2008. *A Metric and GIS Tool for Measuring Connectivity 
Among Habitat Patches Using Least-Cost Distances* 
<http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA489178>. 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.* 
<http://www.journalconsplanning.org/2009/JCP_V5_3_Lin.pdf>Journal of 
Conservation Planning 5: 28-37.

McIntyre, N.E., et al. 2014. *Climate forcing of wetland landscape 
connectivity in the Great Plains* 
<http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/120369>. 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.* 
<http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0052604&representation=PDF>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.* 
<http://www.ace-eco.org/vol7/iss2/art3/>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,/* 
<http://landscape.forest.wisc.edu/LandscapeEcology/Articles/v4i2p123.pdf>Landscape 
Ecology 4 (2/3): 123-131

Mills, L. Scott et al. 2003. *Measuring and interpreting connectivity 
for mammals in coniferous forests.* 
<http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/docs/pubs/genetics/measuring_connectivity.pdf>In: 
Management & Conservation in the Coniferous Forests of Western North 
America. 14 p.

Prugh, Laura R. 2009. *An evaluation of patch connectivity measures* 
<http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/08-1524.1>. Ecological 
Applications 19:1300--1310

Riitters, Kurt H. et al. 2002. *Fragmentation of Continental United 
States Forests.* 
<http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/papers_PDF/ritter2002.pdf>**Ecosystems 
5: 815--822

Santiago, Saura et al. 2011. *Key structural forest connectors can be 
identified by combining landscape spatial pattern and network analyses* 
<http://www.conefor.org/files/usuarios/Saura_et_al_2011_FEM.pdf>. 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).* 
<http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/papers_PDF/Saura%20et%20al%202011%20Ecological%20Indicators.pdf>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* 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.12049/abstract>. Restor. 
Ecol. 22(2):169-177. Abstract.

Tischendorf, L.; Fahrig, L. 2000. *How should we measure landscape 
connectivity?*<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1008177324187>Landscape 
Ecology 15: 633-641. Abstract.

Tischendorf, L.; Fahrig, L. 2000. *On the usage and measurement of 
landscape connectivity.* 
<http://www.glel.carleton.ca/pdf/landPub/00/00Tischendorf%26FahrigOikos.pdf>Oikos 
90:7-19.

Tole. L. 2006. *Measurement and management of human-induced patterns of 
forest fragmentation: a case study.* 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16583252> Environ Manage 
;37(6):788-801. Abstract.

Tresidder, Mike. 2005. *Using GIS to Measure Connectivity: An 
Exploration of Issues* 
<http://web.pdx.edu/%7Ejdill/Tresidder_Using_GIS_to_Measure_Connectivity.pdf>. 
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* 
<http://eco.ib.usp.br/lepac/paisagem/Artigos/uezu2005.pdf>. Biological 
Conservation 123: 507--519.

Wegmann, M., et al. 2014. *Role of African protected areas in 
maintaining connectivity for large mammals* 
<http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/369/1643/20130193.abstract>. 
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London. [Biol.] 369(1643):20130193. Abstract.

*SOME PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

*Livestock Geo-Wiki <http://www.livestock.geo-wiki.org/>*

Pitt, Fergus 2014. *Sensors and Journalism. 
<http://towcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Tow-Center-Sensors-and-Journalism.pdf>* 
Tow Center. 243 p.

Schiffman, R. 2014. *Drones flying high as new tool for field 
biologists. <http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6183/459.summary> 
*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 
<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306525.2014.888691#preview>*. 
Ostrich 85(1):39-45.

Schwartz, G., et al 2014. *Disturbance level determines the regeneration 
of commercial tree species in the Eastern Amazon 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.12096/abstract>*. 
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. 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320714000482>* 
Biol. Conserv. 171:247-258. Abstract,

Sicuriello, F., et al. 2014. *Assessing the habitat conservation status 
by soil parameters and plant ecoindicators. 
<http://www.sisef.it/iforest/contents/?id=ifor0963-007> *iForest 7:170-177.

Sills, Jennifer. 2014. *Biology's drones: Undermined by fear 
<https://anotherbobsmith.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/humle_14_sci_drones.pdf> 
*.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 
<http://www.geospatialworld.net/Paper/Application/ArticleView.aspx?aid=459>*. 
Geospatial World

Smith, S.D.A; Edgar, R.J. 2014. *Documenting the density of subtidal 
marine debris across multiple marine and coastal habitats. 
<http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0094593>* 
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. 
<http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259995661_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 
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12136/abstract>*. 
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. 
<http://www.researchgate.net/publication/260870278_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. 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24733952>* Philos. Trans. R. Soc. 
London. [Biol.] 369(1643):20130197. Abstract.

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