Linkages beyond borders: targeting spatial processes in fragmented urban landscapes

摘要: Management of ecosystems often focuses on specific species chosen for their habitat demand, public appeal, or levels threat. We propose a complementary framework choosing focal species, the mobile link concept, which allows managers to focus spatial processes and deal with multi-scale ecological dynamics. Spatial are important three reasons: maintenance, re-organization, restoration values. illustrate case study Eurasian Jay, importance oak forest regeneration in Stockholm National Urban Park, Sweden, its surroundings. The concludes conceptual model how can be applied management. is based review published data complemented seed predation experiment mapping Jay territories reduce risk applying non-urban site-specific information an urban setting. Our shows that approach has several advantages: (1) Reducing vulnerability functions disturbances fluctuations resources allocated management, (2) management costs by maintaining natural processes, (3) Maintaining gene flow genetic diversity at landscape level. argue includes organisms step towards prevention ecosystem degradation biodiversity loss increasingly fragmented landscapes. Identifying managing links way align ecologically relevant scales any landscape.