Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Explaining some of the basics of landscape connectivity and wildlife movement in urban landscapes, and applying some on a small-scale, which can help us change the way we think about how animals inhabit our backyards.

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***MORE RESEARCH/READING****
Habitat Corridors & Landscape Connectivity: Clarifying the Terminology: largelandscapes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Habitat-corridors-and-landscape-connectivity1.pdf

Wildlife Affordances of Urban Infrastructure: A Framework to Understand Human-Wildlife Space Use: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2021.774137/pdf

Light pollution and the impact of artificial night lighting on insects:
http://wikinight.free.fr/wp-content/uploads/anpcen/Spectre%20lampes%20vs%20Environnement%20nocturne%20v2/Impact%20biodiversite/Chapter%2015%20Eisenbeis%20and%20Hanel%20with%20pictures_final2.pdf

Light pollution and migratory birds:
nature.com/articles/s41598-018-21577-6