Jonathan Cole
Project
Changes in habitat amount, fragmentation, and connectivity in the Adirondacks to Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage: Implications for conservation and restoration policy and practice.Jonathan’s PhD research involves measuring changes in habitat amount, fragmentation, and connectivity in the Adirondacks to Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage from 1992 to 2018. This work is conducted at three spatial scales (study area, provincial/state portion, MRC)/county) using six species (eastern wolf, black bear, fisher, moose, white-tailed deer and porcupine). The purpose of his research is to locate priority areas for protection and ecological restoration as well as pin-point optimal sites for the placement of wildlife crossing structures and fencing. Another aspect of Jonathan’s research involves the establishment of optimal configurations for wildlife crossing structures and fencing to reduce animal-vehicle collisions and increase species connectivity.
Keywords
Effective Mesh Size, Linkage Mapper, CircuitScape, KDE+Publications
1- Impacts of anthropogenic land transformation on species-specific habitat amount, fragmentation, and connectivity in the Adirondack-to-Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage between 2000 and 2015: Implications for conservation and ecological restorationCole, Jonathan R., Erin L. Koen, Eric J. Pedersen, John A. Gallo, Angela Kross, Jochen A. G. Jaeger
2023 Landscape Ecology
2- Monitoring changes in landscape structure in the Adirondack-to-Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage between 1992 and 2018: Identifying priority areas for conservation and restoration
Cole, Jonathan R., Angela Kross, Jochen A. G. Jaeger
2022 Landscape Ecology
