A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Brodie, Jedediah F.; Gonzalez, Andrew; Mohd-Azlan, Jayasilan; Nelson, Cara R.; Tabor, Gary; Vasudev, Divya; Zeller, Katherine A.; Fletcher, Robert J., Jr.
• 署名单位: University of Montana System; University of Montana; University of Montana System; University of Montana; University of Malaysia Sarawak; McGill University; University of Montana System; University of Montana; Cornell University; United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); United States Forest Service; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; University of Cambridge
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-9123
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adn2225
• 发表日期: 2025-04-25
• 关键词: landscape connectivity; biodiversity; corridors; DYNAMICS; extinction; responses; insights; IMPACT; scale; graph

摘要

Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allow the measurement and prediction of organismal movements at multiple scales. We provide a definition of connectivity that links movement to persistence and ecological function. Connectivity science can guide planning for biodiversity, ecosystem services, ecological restoration, and climate adaptation. Ongoing climate change and land and sea use are closing the window of opportunity for connectivity conservation. A coordinated global effort is required to implement scientific knowledge and to monitor, map, protect, and restore areas that promote movement and maintain well-connected ecosystems for biodiversity in the long term.