Movement Mondays
Join us for invited seminar talks by world-leading scientists and informal research and technique-oriented talks by CAM members where we discuss our latest and greatest ideas!
Our next speaker:
Alex Filazzola: Nov 17th
How to hack a landscape: Turning resistance into pathways
Western University
Summary: Landscapes rarely present themselves as neat highways for wildlife. Instead, they resemble a messy circuit board of barriers, detours, and occasional shortcuts. In this talk, we explore how to “hack” landscapes with modelling tools to design more connected futures. Using Omniscape, a circuit-based modelling approach, we translate complex land cover and habitat data into intuitive maps of current flow that represent potential species movement. Coupled with SyncroSim, an open-science platform, we move beyond static maps to assess how alternative conservation and management actions reshape connectivity over time. We present case studies of using SyncroSim to assessment restoration interventions for Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System and the Greater Halifax region of Nova Scotia. The result is a reproducible workflow that helps researchers and practitioners not only measure connectivity but also experiment with ways of improving it.
