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¹Department of Ecological Modelling, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany. guy.peer@ufz.de

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Conservation Biology
Spatial Modeling

Background:

Landscape connectivity is crucial for population viability in fragmented habitats.
Predicting functional connectivity is challenging due to scarce movement data and complex animal-landscape interactions.
Functional connectivity assessment often fails to consider its individual components separately.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce the FunCon model for distinguishing functional connectivity components.
To assess how these components influence species and community sensitivity to landscape structures.
To explore functional connectivity across varying landscape fragmentation levels and hypothetical bird species.

Main Methods:

Developed a spatially explicit, individual-based model named FunCon.
Conducted exploratory simulations across six landscapes with different fragmentation levels.
Utilized a range of hypothetical bird species with varied responses to habitat edges.

Main Results:

Functional connectivity estimations are influenced by species' edge responses, movement modes (home range vs. dispersal), matrix crossing strategies (random walk vs. gap crossing), and chosen connectivity measures.
Mortality scenarios significantly impact connectivity, with mismatched movement decisions reducing connectivity and increasing fragmentation sensitivity.
Landscape rankings for functional connectivity showed consistency across hypothetical species, suggesting potential utility of simple landscape indices as surrogates.

Conclusions:

The FunCon model effectively distinguishes components of functional connectivity and their impact on species sensitivity.
While simple landscape indices may serve as valuable surrogates, their predictive accuracy for specific functional connectivity components requires careful evaluation.
Understanding species' responses to landscape structure and mortality risks is vital for accurate functional connectivity assessments and conservation planning.