Search Results - "MCGARIGAL, Kevin"

Estimating landscape resistance to movement: a review by Zeller, Katherine A., McGarigal, Kevin, Whiteley, Andrew R.

“…Resistance surfaces are often used to fill gaps in our knowledge surrounding animal movement and are frequently the basis for modeling connectivity associated…”
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Parsimony in landscape metrics: Strength, universality, and consistency by Cushman, Samuel A., McGarigal, Kevin, Neel, Maile C.

“…Ecologists can be overwhelmed by the number of metrics available to quantify landscape structure. Clarification of interrelationships and redundancy is needed…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Experimental Approaches to the Study of Habitat Fragmentation Effects by McGarigal, Kevin, Cushman, Samuel A.

“…Ecologists have used a variety of comparative mensurative and manipulative experimental approaches to study the biological consequences of habitat…”
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Modeling non-stationary urban growth: The SPRAWL model and the ecological impacts of development by McGarigal, Kevin, Plunkett, Ethan B., Willey, Lisabeth L., Compton, Bradley W., DeLuca, William V., Grand, Joanna

“…•SPRAWL is a stochastic urban growth model.•Multi-level and multi-scale structure to capture drivers at multiple scales.•Unique matching algorithm to allocate…”
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Metrics and Models for Quantifying Ecological Resilience at Landscape Scales by Cushman, Samuel A., McGarigal, Kevin

“…An explicit link between the abiotic environment, the biotic components of ecosystems, and resilience to disturbance across multiple scales is needed to…”
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Sensitivity of landscape resistance estimates based on point selection functions to scale and behavioral state: pumas as a case study by Zeller, Katherine A, McGarigal, Kevin, Beier, Paul, Cushman, Samuel A, Vickers, T. Winston, Boyce, Walter M

“…Estimating landscape resistance to animal movement is the foundation for connectivity modeling, and resource selection functions based on point data are…”
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Effects of Photo and Genotype-Based Misidentification Error on Estimates of Survival, Detection and State Transition using Multistate Survival Models by Winiarski, Kristopher J, McGarigal, Kevin

“…We simulated multistate capture histories (CHs) by varying state survival (ϕ), detection (p) and transition (ψ), number of total capture occasions and releases…”
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Multi-scale habitat selection modeling: a review and outlook by McGarigal, Kevin, Wan, Ho Yi, Zeller, Kathy A., Timm, Brad C., Cushman, Samuel A.

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Effect of sea-level rise on piping plover ( Charadrius melodus) breeding habitat by Seavey, Jennifer R., Gilmer, Ben, McGarigal, Kevin M.

“…Climate change is raising sea levels, threatening many low-lying coastal areas and associated wildlife. We assessed the threat of sea-level rise (SLR) to the…”
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Estimating hydrologic alteration from basin characteristics in Massachusetts by Homa, Elizabeth S., Brown, Casey, McGarigal, Kevin, Compton, Bradley W., Jackson, Scott D.

“…•Altered streamflow estimated by both natural and anthropogenic basin characteristics.•Natural streamflow estimated by simulating basins without…”
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Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) Activity Patterns on a Roadway at Cape Cod National Seashore by Timm, Brad C, McGarigal, Kevin

“…Amphibian road mortality is a conservation concern that is receiving increased attention by the conservation community, especially given the increasing number…”
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The Influence of Sex and Season on Conspecific Spatial Overlap in a Large, Actively-Foraging Colubrid Snake by Bauder, Javan M, Breininger, David R, Bolt, M Rebecca, Legare, Michael L, Jenkins, Christopher L, Rothermel, Betsie B, McGarigal, Kevin

“…Understanding the factors influencing the degree of spatial overlap among conspecifics is important for understanding multiple ecological processes. Compared…”
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Seasonal Variation in Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) Movement Patterns and Space Use in Peninsular Florida at Multiple Temporal Scales by Bauder, Javan M., Breininger, David R., Bolt, M. Rebecca, Legare, Michael L., Jenkins, Christopher L., Rothermel, Betsie B., McGarigal, Kevin

“…Many snake populations display seasonal variation in movement patterns in response to spatiotemporal variation in prey, mates, and other resources. Eastern…”
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Upland Movement Patterns and Habitat Selection of Adult Eastern Spadefoots (Scaphiopus holbrookii) at Cape Cod National Seashore by Timm, Brad C, McGarigal, Kevin, Cook, Robert P

“…There is a paucity of empirical results regarding many aspects of the movement ecology and upland habitat use and preferences of the Eastern Spadefoot Toad…”
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Relationships between landscape structure and breeding birds in the Oregon Coast Range by McGarigal, Kevin, McComb, William C.

“…Human-caused fragmentation of forests is increasing, yet the consequences of these landscape changes to vertebrate communities are poorly understood. Although…”
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Multi-scale habitat selection modeling: a review and outlook by McGarigal, Kevin, Wan, Ho Yi, Zeller, Kathy A., Timm, Brad C., Cushman, Samuel A.

“…Context Scale is the lens that focuses ecological relationships. Organisms select habitat at multiple hierarchical levels and at different spatial and/or…”
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Surface metrics: an alternative to patch metrics for the quantification of landscape structure by McGarigal, Kevin, Tagil, Sermin, Cushman, Samuel A

“…Modern landscape ecology is based on the patch mosaic paradigm, in which landscapes are conceptualized and analyzed as mosaics of discrete patches. While this…”
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LANDSCAPE-LEVEL PATTERNS OF AVIAN DIVERSITY IN THE OREGON COAST RANGE by Cushman, Samuel A., McGarigal, Kevin

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Orientation of Movements and Habitat Selection in a Spatially Structured Population of Marbled Salamanders (Ambystoma opacum) by Jenkins, Christopher L, McGarigal, Kevin, Timm, Brad C

“…Most studies on orientation of movements of pond-breeding salamanders have considered only a single local population (or breeding pond) during ≥1 yr, or…”
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Measuring landscapes: a planner's handbook by Andre Botequilha Leitao, Joseph Miller, Jack Ahern, Kevin McGarigal

“…This practical handbook bridges the gap between those scientists who study landscapes and the planners and conservationists who must then decide how best to…”
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