Andrew Habrich
Project
A connected protected area network for Quebec: a multi-species approach to support Quebec’s “30×30” protected area targetThe protection and restoration of connectivity is a key feature of the KM-GBF, in particular the need to establish well-connected protected areas. To date, protected area planning has been ad hoc and opportunistic and not well-guided by movement needs of species and the importance of maintaining dynamic flows of life that underpin shifting patterns of biodiversity, i.e., ecological connectivity. Currently, on average across all nations, only 11% of protected area networks are connected. We have developed a methodology to guide protected area planning focused on calculating and prioritizing the connectivity of Quebec’s protected area network. This method uses the network property called minimum spanning tree (MST). The MST identifies the parsimonious subset of network links (least-cost corridors) which connect all nodes (protected areas) in the network while minimising total movement costs. Given differences in species’ dispersal abilities and habitat needs, it is important to identify species-explicit MSTs to achieve a global MST that meets the needs of many species. A species-explicit approach is expected to improve the realised connectivity of the protected area network and assessment of its changing importance over time.
Keywords
connectivity, minimum spanning tree, protected area network, Conservation, dispersalPublications
1- The priming effect of food persists following blockade of dopamine receptorsEvangelista, Czarina, Arne Hantson, Waqqas M. Shams, Anne Almey, Michael Pileggi, Jacques R. Voisard, Vanessa Boulos, Yaman Al‐qadri, Brunella V. Gonzalez Cautela, Fei Xiang Zhou, Jesse Duchemin, Andrew Habrich, Noemie Tito, Ramela A. Koumrouyan, Smita Patel, Victoria Lorenc, Collin Gagne, Khaoula El Oufi, Peter Shizgal, Wayne G. Brake
2019 European Journal of Neuroscience
2- Why controlling for habitat amount is critical for resolving the fragmentation debate
Fahrig, Lenore, Carmen Galán‐Acedo, Brandon P. M. Edwards, Andrew K. Habrich, Amanda E. Martin, Cécile H. Albert, Victor Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Allison D. Binley, Jonathan R. Cole, Jessica K. Lockhart, Scott E. Nielsen, Federico Riva, Marina P. R. Schmoeller, Teja Tscharntke
2026 Conservation Biology
3- Systematic Map of Urban Connectivity Research Reveals a Dearth of Validation of Connectivity Estimates
Habrich, Andrew K., Lenore Fahrig
2025 Current Landscape Ecology Reports
4- Varying genetic imprints of road networks and human density in North American mammal populations
Habrich, Andrew K., Elizabeth R. Lawrence, Dylan J. Fraser
2021 Evolutionary Applications
5- Geo-referenced population-specific microsatellite data across American continents, the MacroPopGen Database
Lawrence, Elizabeth R., Javiera N. Benavente, Jean-Michel Matte, Kia Marin, Zachery R. R. Wells, Thaïs A. Bernos, Nia Krasteva, Andrew Habrich, Gabrielle A. Nessel, Ramela Arax Koumrouyan, Dylan J. Fraser
2019 Scientific Data
6- Complex Measures of Habitat Fragmentation and Edge Can Complicate Biodiversity Conservation
Martin, Amanda E., Carmen Galán‐Acedo, Víctor Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Lindsay Daly, Simon G. English, Andrew K. Habrich, Aino Hämäläinen, Federico Riva, Lenore Fahrig
2025 Conservation Letters
7- Metabolic networks of the human gut microbiota
Selber-Hnatiw, Susannah, Tarin Sultana, W. Tse, Niki Abdollahi, Sheyar Abdullah, Jalal Al Rahbani, Diala Alazar, Nekoula Jean Alrumhein, Saro Aprikian, Rimsha Arshad, Jean-Daniel Azuelos, Daphney Bernadotte, Natalie Beswick, Hana Chazbey, Kelsey Church, Emaly Ciubotaru, Lora D'Amato, Tavia Del Corpo, Jasmine Deng, Briana Laura Di Giulio, Diana Diveeva, Elias Elahie, James Gordon Marcel Frank, Emma Furze, Rebecca Garner, Vanessa Gibbs, Rachel Goldberg-Hall, Chaim Jacob Goldman, Fani-Fay Goltsios, Kevin Gorjipour, Taylor Grant, Brittany Greco, Nadir Guliyev, Andrew Habrich, Hillary Hyland, Nabila Ibrahim, Tania Iozzo, Anastasia Jawaheer-Fenaoui, Julia Jane Jaworski, Maneet Kaur Jhajj, Jermaine Jones, Rodney Joyette, Samad Kaudeer, Shawn Kelley, Shayesteh Kiani, Marylin Koayes, Abby Johanna Amy-Aminta Léna Kpata, Shannon Maingot, Sara Martin, Kelly Mathers, Sean McCullogh, Kelly McNamara, James Mendonca, Karamat Mohammad, Sharara Arezo Momtaz, Thiban Navaratnarajah, Kathy Nguyen-Duong, Mustafa Omran, Angela Ortiz, Anjali Patel, Kahlila Paul-Cole, Paul-Arthur Plaisir, Jessica Alexandra Porras Marroquin, Ashlee Prevost, Angela Quach, Aries John Rafal, Rewaparsad Ramsarun, Sami Rhnima, Lydia Rili, Naomi Safir, Eugenie Samson, Rebecca Rose Sandiford, Stefano Secondi, Stephanie Shahid, Mojdeh Shahroozi, Fily Sidibé, Megan Smith, Alina Maria Sreng Flores, Anabel Suarez Ybarra, Rebecca Sénéchal, Tarek Taifour, Lawrence Tang, Adam Trapid, Maxim Tremblay Potvin, Justin Wainberg, Dani Ni Wang, Mischa Weissenberg, Allison White, Gabrielle Wilkinson, Brittany Williams, Joshua Roth Wilson, Johanna Zoppi, Katerina Zouboulakis, Chiara Gamberi
2020 Microbiology
