Transent windows

Finally, anthropogenic changes to disturbance regimes can alter windows of connectivity and impact population-level processes, particularly genetic ones [ 68 ].

Fire suppression, for instance, has reduced connectivity for collared lizards Crotaphytus collaris in the Missouri Ozarks, changing how genetic differentiation is partitioned within and between subpopulations [ 68 ].

In contrast, anthropogenic change can increase connectivity levels in other ecological systems. For example, humans create unpaved secondary roads e. Wolves Canis lupis as well as several butterfly and grass species opportunistically use of these linear formations as movement corridors that connect populations [ 69 — 72 ]. However, windows of connectivity close when these linear features are not maintained through, for example, mowing.

In these examples, increased connectivity through anthropogenically created corridors has had a positive effect in promoting meta population persistence [ 69 — 72 ]. However, we could envision examples where the development of these temporary corridors could link populations and allow for the spread of disease or promote movements that increase predation along well-traveled pathways.

Additional research is needed to understand the implications of human-induced connectivity patterns. Finally, anthropogenically driven extinctions and population declines could have impacts on associated species that have previously not be considered. Given the pervasiveness of species declines and extinctions throughout the world, connectivity reductions through the loss of interdependent species are likely commonplace, and future research on this concept is needed.

In general, anthropogenic change in dynamic landscapes can lead to subtle, but important, shifts in the frequency and duration of transient connectivity windows. In many cases although not all , these windows will likely open less frequently and for shorter periods as lands are developed, water systems are altered, ecological communities are disrupted, and temperature, precipitation, and disturbance regimes shift [ 62 , 66 , 68 ].

As a result, connectivity will decline in these systems, which may reduce colonization rates, decrease levels of demographic and genetic rescue, alter genetic structure, and ultimately increase extinction risk. Reduced connectivity will have particularly strong consequences for species that will need to track climate change in order to persist [ 73 ]. However, to our knowledge, broad discussions of anthropogenic changes rarely, if ever, include how such changes may lead to altered connectivity regimes.

This lack of attention is especially disconcerting given the wide variety of disturbance-dependent, dynamic landscapes throughout the world as exemplified in this review. Instead, recent studies on the impacts of anthropogenic change have typically focused on factors other than connectivity e. However, all of these features and others e. Consequently, research focusing directly on the impacts of anthropogenic change on connectivity in dynamic environments will be critical to adequately understand and manage vulnerable metapopulations on a changing planet.

In dynamic landscapes, opportunities for movement exist during limited windows of connectivity as matrix conditions change through time.

As a result, the frequency and duration of those transient connectivity windows can have major implications for metapopulation processes. In addition, anthropogenic influences acting through a variety of mechanisms, such as temperature changes, alterations to precipitation and disturbance regimes, and landcover change may shift the frequency with which transient connectivity windows open, resulting in a host of population-level consequences e.

However, despite the fact that connectivity is arguably more important in dynamic environments [ 77 ], few studies have directly measured or focused on dynamism in connectivity per se.

In an important and recent comprehensive review of the state of connectivity research, Kool et al. These authors make clear that analyzing connectivity in dynamic landscapes is difficult, as spatiotemporal changes on the landscape can confuse observations [ 78 ]. At a minimum, researchers evaluating connectivity in dynamic landscapes e. This point is further supported in a review by Williams and Hastings [ 32 ], who indicated that the use of time-averaged connectivity patterns is insufficient for determining persistence in metapopulations existing in temporally varying networks and will often result in an over-estimation of the probability of persistence.

A structured approach that incorporates time-varying measures of connectivity is needed. Furthermore, metapopulation models have routinely either assumed 1 a constant colonization and extinction rate that is not influenced by the number of immigrants e.

Hanski [ 6 ] created a more appropriate model for metapopulations in dynamic landscapes. However, even this model does not address the possibility that connectivity could change through time, considering only that the number of possible connections to a given patch changes as other patches appear and disappear.

Each of these models has been used to predict thresholds for metapopulation persistence or to characterize equilibrial occupancy levels — information that could be important for understanding and managing the dynamics of declining species. Thus, a metapopulation model that considers temporally changing opportunities for connectivity through time could be especially useful for understanding metapopulation persistence in disturbance-dependent ecological systems.

In summary, we highlight the following aspects of transient connectivity that require additional research:. Development of approaches i. An explicit consideration of the impacts of anthropogenic change through climate change, landcover change, and alterations to community structure on patterns of connectivity per se and of the implications of such changes in empirical systems.

Development of metapopulation models that explicitly consider dynamic changes in connectivity among subpopulations. A better understanding of how transient connectivity affects population-level processes, such as gene flow, disease spread, and metapopulation persistence.

A better understanding of how habitat loss interacts with transient connectivity to affect system-level fragmentation, including the potential for threshold-type collapses. Filling these knowledge gaps is a critical step towards a more complete understanding of landscape connectivity on a changing planet. Jeffrey Walters where her research centers on the development of models that simulate how landcover change and management in longleaf pine ecosystems impact population persistence of red-cockaded woodpeckers.

Her work generally focuses on the intersection of landscape processes and population dynamics for endangered species conservation.

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