Temporal Patterns of Structural Sagebrush Connectivity from 1985 to 2020

The sagebrush biome within the western United States has been reshaped by disturbances, management, and changing environmental conditions. As a result, cover configuration have varied over space time, influencing processes species that rely on contiguous, connected sagebrush. Previous studies documented changes in cover, but we know little about how connectivity of changed time across biome. We investigated temporal patterns for using series (1985–2020) fractional used an omnidirectional circuit algorithm to assess density connections among areas with abundant By comparing found most experienced moderate change; amount type change spatially, indicating differ trend direction magnitude change. Two different types designated conservation management interest had relatively high proportions stable, high-connectivity stable trends average. These results provide ecological information persistence spatial scales can support targeted actions address structural maintain functioning, ecosystems.