Sentence examples for natural connectivity from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, we analyze how the optimization affects other topological properties of the networks, including natural connectivity, clustering coefficient and degree degree correlation.

The construction of a motorway around Ljubljana, Slovenia, has broken up, to a large extent, natural connectivity between urban vegetation and natural vegetation in the suburban landscape.

Cultivated hillslopes and urban environments no longer have natural gradients, and surface channel networks have a greater drainage density, resulting in connectivity patterns that are more complex relative to natural connectivity patterns on undisturbed hillslopes (Hallema and Moussa, 2014).

As the catchment is representative of the situation further afield in the developed world, we conclude that in land policy development, 'joined up' thinking is required, recognising the natural connectivity and heterogeneity of catchments.

In the early 20th century, the natural connectivity between populations still enabled gene flows between recovering African Cape buffalo populations.

History of initial introductions and later transfers, natural connectivity resulting from natural dispersal and their resulting genetic structure are needed to assess the potential local adaptation of newly settled populations (for review see [ 6]).

Natural fracture connectivity strongly influences the role of hydraulic fracture permeability and fracture half-length in the reservoir.

Here, we quantified the impact of instream impoundments on the natural longitudinal connectivity and estimated thermal vulnerability of catchments based on the functional relationship between changing temperature and the profile gradient of rivers in the eastern portion of South Africa.

Recent river and wetland conservation and restoration efforts have been partially focused on reinstating the natural river floodplain connectivity to ameliorate the ecological effects of regulation in river systems.

We evaluated potential natural forest connectivity improvement in the Cantabria region (Northern Spain) through two main actions: protection of environmentally valuable forest areas, and reforestation with indigenous species of those patches of exotic plantation trees with a particularly important role for the connectivity of the forest network.

No Approx. 2035 Boron et al. (2016) [41] NA, qualitative impact assessment To conserve species richness and diversity, maintain ecosystem services, maintain ecosystem resilience to climate change and natural disasters, connectivity Better healthcare, education and housing, to improve security, human rights and social equity, maintain food security and farming cultural heritage.