linkagescape / linkage-mapper

ArcGIS tools to automate mapping and prioritization of wildlife habitat corridors
https://circuitscape.org/linkagemapper/
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Make maximum linkage length relative to mean permeability #44

Open johngallo opened 6 years ago

johngallo commented 6 years ago

Animals living in highly fragmented areas move less, compared to animals of the same species in wilder areas: Animals worldwide stick close to home when humans move in (Nature News, 25 January 2018). Hence our single threshold for maximum linkage length is too simplistic. Or do we have the option of making maximum linkage length based on cost rather than euclidian distance? If we do, put this into the documentation as best practice and cite this research.

dkav commented 6 years ago

John are you referring to the priority tool only? Linkage Mapper corridor distances can be constrained by cost-distance and/or Euclidean distance.