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The source of scientific information that I reviewed was an article titled Connectivity for species on the move: supporting climate-driven range shifts. It was published in 2019 and confronts the challenges that wildlife conservationists face in regards to future landscape connectivity in hopes to preserve biodiversity within our changing environment. The main focus of this article is to address the shortcomings of the most common landscape and species surveying techniques that are presently being used in connectivity planning.
This article does not go into a research study focused on one specific survey method/connectivity modeling approach, but rather does an overarching review of different techniques that are being implemented throughout the field. The authors do this by utilizing in-text citations of researchers that are using these updated survey and prediction methods that take into account not only the changing landscapes brought on by climate change, but also species’ behaviors and responses when faced with these changes. The researchers utilize this data to predict future changes in behavior and environment as our global climate continues to change.
This article is peer-reviewed and written by experts in the field, however it does not include any field or lab study. Therefore, it is considered an academic, peer-reviewed review material rather than a research material.
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