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Least-cost Path Connectivity

Least-Cost Path Connectivity is a connectivity metric that quantifies landscape connectivity by identifying the optimal pathway between habitat patches based on cumulative resistance costs, distinguishing itself from other metrics by incorporating spatially explicit cost surfaces to model movement or dispersal likelihood.

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139

Authors

110

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

38

Placing linkages among fragmented habitats: do least-cost models reflect how animals use landscapes?

Sarah C. Sawyer, Clinton W. Epps, Justin S. Brashares · Journal of Applied Ecology · 2011 · 370 citations · Full text

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Beyond the least-cost path: evaluating corridor redundancy using a graph-theoretic approach

N. Pinto, Timothy H. Keitt · Landscape Ecology · 2008 · 266 citations

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Use of Empirically Derived Source‐Destination Models to Map Regional Conservation Corridors

Samuel A. Cushman, Kevin S. McKelvey, Michael K. Schwartz · Conservation Biology · 2008 · 261 citations · Full text

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Modelling potential dispersal corridors for cougars in midwestern North America using least-cost path methods

Michelle LaRue, Clayton K. Nielsen · Ecological Modelling · 2008 · 232 citations

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Connectivity, dispersal behaviour and conservation under climate change: a response to Hodgson <i>et al.</i>

Veronica Doerr, Tom Barrett, Erik D. Doerr · Journal of Applied Ecology · 2010 · 157 citations · Full text

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Authors

139

  1. SA
    Samuel A. Cushman

    Rocky Mountain Research (United States), United States

    2 publications · 343 citations

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  2. BJ
    Bogumiła Jędrzejewska

    Mammal Research Institute, Poland

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  3. EZ
    Elżbieta Ziółkowska

    Jagiellonian University, Poland

    1 publications · 58 citations

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  4. MT
    Meirong Tian

    Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, China

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  5. FO
    Florian Ott

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    1 publications · 74 citations

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Institutions

110

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    279 citations

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    220 citations

  3. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    122 citations

  4. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    294 citations

  5. Rocky Mountain Research (United States)

    Salt Lake City, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    865 citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    274 citations

  7. Centre d'Écologie et des Sciences de la Conservation

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    122 citations

  8. Mammal Research Institute

    Białowieża, Poland

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    294 citations

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Venues

  1. Landscape Ecology

    5 publications · 575 citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Ecology

    4 publications · 669 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 179 citations

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  4. Scientific Reports

    2 publications · 113 citations

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  5. Journal of Mammalogy

    JM · 2 publications · 60 citations

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