Alternatively, the standard dogma might simply fail to address the full diversity of cortical connectivity; other factors, such as differential architecture, may also be determinants of laminar patterns (Barbas 1986; Hilgetag and Grant 2010).
Ecological sustainability requires people's understanding of the role of both diversity and connectivity of riparian areas.
Lupinus aridorum is a critically endangered species, and a clear understanding of the effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic diversity of populations and connectivity among populations is needed to inform conservation efforts.
Additional areas with outstanding features of diversity, connectivity areas, and establishment of targets for off-reserve conservation are of fundamental importance for strengthening biodiversity conservation.
To assess the genetic diversity and the degree of connectivity between populations we used mitochondrial markers and nuclear introns.
Using a landscape genetics approach, we assessed the impact of habitat availability on population genetic diversity and connectivity of an endangered Australian freshwater fish Macquarie perch, Macquaria australasica (Percichthyidae).
Hence, analyses of the levels of genetic diversity and population connectivity of Azorean endemic species are of considerable potential interest.
Urban spatial patterns were extracted to represent area, shape complexity, dispersion/interspersion, diversity, and connectivity of landscape patches across the residential neighborhoods with built-up densities from low, medium-low, medium-high, to high.
In a long term, this loss of genetic diversity and connectivity increases the extinction risk of populations and, reduces their ability to adapt to future global changes.
In this contribution an indicator system is proposed to measure natural diversity (relief, soils, waters), cultural diversity (main land use classes, diversity of land use, ecotones, connectivity) and anthropogenic impacts (fragmentation, hemeroby, protection).
