Do all roads lead to resistance? State road density is the main impediment to gene flow in a flagship species inhabiting a severely fragmented anthropogenic landscape

摘要

Connectivity conservation is ideally based on empirical information on how landscape heterogeneity influences species‐specific movement and gene flow. Here, we present the first large‐scale evaluation of landscape impacts on genetic connectivity in the European wildcat (Felis silvestris), a flagship and umbrella species for connectivity conservation across Europe.