Burk, Courtney2023-10-042023-10-042022-10Thesis 11131https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/37465The majority of New Brunswick is forested, with its landscape changing rapidly due to urbanization, agriculture, and forestry. As climate change forces the range shift of species, conservation corridors can support the movement of flora and fauna throughout the province. I used 29 forest-dependent vertebrate species as a proxy for New Brunswick fauna and mapped their most-likely movement pathways using least-cost path modelling and Circuitscape. I then ran a gap analysis on calcareous and alkaline fens to explore if vertebrate corridors could support non-vagile species. My study indicates that (1) vertebrate corridors in conjunction with the current protected area network would benefit many forest-dependent species, and (2) could support flora range shifts in tandem with assisted colonization.xv, 191electronicenhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Nature conservation--New Brunswick.Climatic changes--New Brunswick.Gap analysis (Planning)--New Brunswick.Corridors (Ecology)--New Brunswick.New Brunswick.master thesisForbes, GrahamNoseworthy, Josh(OCoLC)1419269806Forestry and Environmental Management