Applications

Conefor Sensinode and the new IIC and PC metrics have been used for different types of connectivity-related applications, and among them those described in the following publications:  

Applications published as articles in international peer-reviewed scientific journals:  

• Fu, W., Liu, S., DeGloria, S.D., Dong, S., Beazley, R. 2010. Characterizing the "fragmentation-barrier" effect of road networks on landscape connectivity: a case study in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. Landscape and Urban Planning (in press), doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.12.009.
• Visconti, P., Elkin, C. 2009. Using connectivity metrics in conservation planning - when does habitat quality matter? Diversity and Distributions 15: 602-612.
• Perotto-Baldivieso, H., Meléndez, E., García, M.A., Leimgruber, P., Cooper, S.M., Martínez, A., Calle, P., Ramos, O., Quiñones, M., Christen, C., Pons, G. 2009. Spatial distribution, connectivity, and the influence of scale: habitat availability for the endangered Mona Island rock iguana. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 905-917.
• Neel, M.C. 2008. Patch connectivity and genetic diversity conservation in the federally endangered and narrowly endemic plant species Astragalus albens (Fabaceae). Biological Conservation 141: 938-955
• Pascual-Hortal, L., Saura, S. 2008. Integrating landscape connectivity in broad-scale forest planning through a new graph-based habitat availability methodology: application to capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in Catalonia (NE Spain). European Journal of Forest Research 127: 23-31.
• Saura, S., Pascual-Hortal, L. 2007. A new habitat availability index to integrate connectivity in landscape conservation planning: comparison with existing indices and application to a case study. Landscape and Urban Planning 83: 91-103.

Applications published in book chapters:    

• Knick, S.T., Hanser, S.E. 2010. Connecting pattern and process in Greater Sage-Grouse populations and sagebrush landscapes. In: Ecology and Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse: a Landscape Species and Its Habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, Cooper Ornithological Society scientific series, University of California Press (in press).
• Saura, S., Pascual-Hortal, L., Brotons, L., Rubio, L. 2010. Integración de la conectividad ecológica en la gestión del hábitat del urogallo: herramienta metodológica y ejemplo de aplicación. In: Canut, J., García-Ferré, D., Afonso, I. (eds.),  Manual de Conservación y Manejo del Hábitat del Urogallo Pirenaico. Dirección General de Medio Natural y Política Forestal. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Medio Rural y Marino. Serie manuales de gestión de especies amenazadas. Madrid (in press).
• Saura, S. 2008. Evaluating forest landscape connectivity through Conefor Sensinode 2.2 software. In: Lafortezza, R., Chen, J., Sanesi, G., Crow, T.R. (Eds.), Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes: Multiple Use and Sustainable Management. pp. 403-422. Springer. ISBN: 978-1-4020-8503-1.

Applications published as articles in national peer-reviewed journals:   

• D'Alessandro, E., Carranza, M.L., Saura, S., Loy, A., Paura, B. 2009. Riqualificazione territoriale e areale della lontra in Italia. Estimo e Territorio 12: 23-30. 
• Villavicencio, R., Saura, S., Santiago, A.L., Chávez, A. 2009. La conectividad forestal de las áreas protegidas del estado de Jalisco con otros ambientes naturales. Scientia CUCBA 110 (1-2): 43-50.
• D'Alessandro, E., Carranza, M.L., Saura, S., Loy, A. 2009. Modello di rete ecologica per la lontra in Italia. Estimo e Territorio 4: 31-38. 
• Pascual-Hortal, L., Saura, S. 2008. Integración de la conectividad ecológica de los bosques en los instrumentos de planificación forestal a escala comarcal y regional: propuesta metodológica y nueva herramienta de decisión. Montes 94: 31-37.

Applications published as articles in conference proceedings:  

• Sacco, A., Tellini-Florenzano, G., Mairota, P. 2009. Functional connectivity for silvogenesis in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller) plantations as a base towards an effective landscape biodiversity strategy in southern Apulia (Italy). In: Catchpole, R., Smithers, R., Baarda, P., Eycott, A. (Eds), Ecological Networks: Science and Practice. Proceedings of the 16th Annual IALE (UK) Conference (Edinburgh). pp. 47-55.
• Gómez-Manzanedo, M., Roig, S., Reque, J.A. 2009. Estructura forestal y conectividad del hábitat del urogallo cantábrico en su distribución oriental. Proceedings of the 5º Congreso Forestal Español. (Ávila, Spain). 8 pp. ISBN 978-84-936854-6-1.
• Fu, W., Liu S.L., Dong Y.H., Zhang, Z.L. 2009. Effect of Road Networks on Regional Landscape. In: Li, S.C., Wang Y.J., Cao F.X., Huang P., Zhang, Y. (Eds.), Progress in Environmental Science and Technology Vol II, part A. Proceedings of the 2009 International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology (Shanghai, China). pp. 114-119.
• Scolozzi, R. 2008. Analisi della frammentazione a scala locale: stima dell'effeto barriera basata su pareri esperti. Proceedings of the X Congresso Nazionale SIEP-IALE (Bari, Italy). pp. 307-314. 

Applications reported in other type of publications:

• European Environmental Agency. 2009. Progress towards the European 2010 biodiversity target - indicator factsheets (compendium to EEA report 4/2009). European Environmental Agency technical report 5/2009. ISSN 1725-2237. Note: The CS application is reported in page 41 of this report. Additional maps and details resulting from this connectivity assessment can be viewed at the European Forest Data Centre Map Viewer (go to Forest pattern query -> Changes in time -> Change of forest connectivity).