A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Wildlife Corridors and Developed Landscapes
An obvious consequence of exurban land development is fragmentation of natural areas. Fragmentation leaves patches of habitat of various sizes, which can become increasingly isolated as development continues. A compelling approach to mitigation is the creation of corridors. Corridors in their simplest form are strips of habitat that connect patches and allow for wildlife movements. Intuitively, corridors make sense and land planners and managers often find them useful in land conservation. However, do wildlife corridors perform as expected? Do they work for all species? and How should they be configured (e.g., width, length, placement)? This chapter addresses these and other questions related to wildlife corridors and exurban land development.
Wildlife Corridors and Developed Landscapes
An obvious consequence of exurban land development is fragmentation of natural areas. Fragmentation leaves patches of habitat of various sizes, which can become increasingly isolated as development continues. A compelling approach to mitigation is the creation of corridors. Corridors in their simplest form are strips of habitat that connect patches and allow for wildlife movements. Intuitively, corridors make sense and land planners and managers often find them useful in land conservation. However, do wildlife corridors perform as expected? Do they work for all species? and How should they be configured (e.g., width, length, placement)? This chapter addresses these and other questions related to wildlife corridors and exurban land development.
Wildlife Corridors and Developed Landscapes
Esparza, Adrian X. (editor) / McPherson, Guy (editor) / DeStefano, Stephen (author)
The Planner's Guide to Natural Resource Conservation: ; Chapter: 5 ; 85-102
2009-05-29
18 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Elsevier | 2025
|Wildlife Corridors: An Urban Political Ecology
Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2007
|Corridors in restoration of fragmented landscapes
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
|Delineating protected wildlife corridors with multi‐objective programming
Springer Verlag | 1998
|Wildlife reserves and corridors in the urban environment
Elsevier | 1990
|