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 "snippet": "Pinch points are identified to prioritize important areas for connectivity conservation at local scale (McRae, 2012). The highlighted pinch points are showing constraints of current flow on the best corridor and shows \u201cboth, the most efficient movement pathways and critical pinch points within them\u201d (ibid.). For spatial and landscape planning it is useful to focus on the pinch points, (i.e. bottlenecks on the least-cost-paths) and prioritize them over areas that are more open and therefore less crucial for connectivity conservation.",
 "description": "<DIV STYLE=\"text-align:Left;\"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Pinch points are calculated by the Pinch Point Mapper tool, within the LinkageMapper toolbox (McRae, 2012). This tool complements the least-cost path results with electric circuit analysis by \u201cidentifying important alternative pathways and \u201cpinch points,\u201d where loss of a small area could disproportionately compromise connectivity\u201d (ibid.).<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>",
 "summary": "Pinch points are identified to prioritize important areas for connectivity conservation at local scale (McRae, 2012). The highlighted pinch points are showing constraints of current flow on the best corridor and shows &ldquo;both, the most efficient movement pathways and critical pinch points within them&rdquo; (ibid.). For spatial and landscape planning it is useful to focus on the pinch points, (i.e. bottlenecks on the least-cost-paths) and prioritize them over areas that are more open and therefore less crucial for connectivity conservation.",
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  "PlanToConnect Project",
  "Alps",
  "ecological connectivity"
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 "accessInformation": "Author: Peter Laner (peter.laner@eurac.edu)\nEurac Research - Institute for Regional Development\n39100 Bolzano (IT)\nInterreg Alpine Space PlanToConnect project. Published and hosted by SNP.",
 "licenseInfo": "<DIV STYLE=\"text-align:Left;\"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)<\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN>Citation: Laner, P. (2023). Bottlenecks/ pinch points on least-cost-paths. Interreg Alpine Space PlanToConnect project. [Data set]. Eurac Research.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>"
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