Estimating Mountain Lion Habitat Connectivity to Guide Wildlife Conservation at The Nature Conservancy’s Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve; University of California Santa Barbara; 2021-2022.

This submission is from a master's group thesis project at The Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and contains the final written report and associated datasets. The graduate student researchers who completed this project include: Meghan Fletcher, Alyssa Kibbe, Grace Kumaishi, Anna Talken, and Nikole Vannest.
 
The California landscape has been fragmented by urban development, infrastructure, and agriculture. Maintaining connectivity between areas of wildlife habitat is important for the viability of many long-ranging species, such as the mountain lion (Puma concolor). Mountain lion populations are highly susceptible to habitat fragmentation, and face reduced access to resources and decreased genetic diversity. This study explores the habitat connectivity between the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve (JLDP), a 24,460 acre protected property owned by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and neighboring protected areas to identif...

本提交成果源自加州大学圣巴巴拉分校布伦环境科学与管理学院的硕士小组论文项目，包含最终书面报告及关联数据集。参与本项目的研究生研究者包括：梅根·弗莱彻（Meghan Fletcher）、艾莉莎·基布（Alyssa Kibbe）、格蕾丝·久松（Grace Kumaishi）、安娜·塔尔肯（Anna Talken）与尼科尔·范内斯特（Nikole Vannest）。

加利福尼亚州的自然景观已因城市开发、基础设施建设与农业活动而碎片化。维持野生动物栖息地间的连通性，对诸多广布物种（如美洲狮（Puma concolor））的种群存续至关重要。美洲狮种群极易受到栖息地碎片化的影响，面临资源获取缩减与遗传多样性降低的生存危机。本研究旨在探索杰克与劳拉·丹杰蒙德保护区（Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve, JLDP，占地24460英亩，由大自然保护协会（The Nature Conservancy, TNC）所有）与周边保护区之间的栖息地连通性，以识别……