Model of landscape connectivity for European otter Abstract Landscape connectivity is one of the main functions that mitigate the effects of landscape fragmentation on organisms. It allows organisms to move through habitat areas to natural habitat. Given of the overall decline in biodiversity, conservation of landscape connectivity is one of the main objectives of current nature protection. The greatest impact of landscape fragmentation on the population of European otters is mortality on roads. The most of the dead otters are found every year in the Jihočeský and Vysočina regions. That is why this region is an adequate model area for determining the connectivity of the landscape from the perspective of otters. This thesis deals with landscape fragmentation, habitat connectivity and landscape resistance. CIRCUISCAPE is the main tool used to solve connectivity modelling. From the resulting connectivity, landscape resistance and mortality values, risk areas for migration were selected. The telemetry data from the area around Dačice were used to validate this model. Keywords: habitat connectivity - landscape resistance - telemetry - European otter
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:368034 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Bureš, Jan |
| Contributors | Romportl, Dušan, Matějček, Tomáš |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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