Present and predicted connectivity for lynx.

<p>Present (a) and predicted future (b) connectivity for lynx between conserved areas of natural habitat in northeastern and southeastern Maine (left and middle, respectively), and between confirmed uncollared lynx locations from ME, NH, and VT (right). The core polygons have a cost distance of 0, and are the basis of the orange areas in the maps. Connective habitat for lynx is defined as pixels with a cost distance value ≤1,172,610 (small arrow on legend). Future connectivity between conserved areas was predicted only where anthropogenic change has been estimated by Trombulak et al. [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0194243#pone.0194243.ref030" target="_blank">30</a>].