ENWC314 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Conservation Biology

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Entomology and Wildlife Conservation
• Course: ENWC314
• Professor: York Joanna

Document Summary

17. 3 corridors connecting patches of suitable habitat facilitate the movements of. In many cases connectivity is defined relative to particular species or groups of species. Movement of the species between patches is thus a critical variable defining the mosaic structure. Many benefits have been suggested for providing corridors for providing corridors for species movements. But there are also potential costs to corridors, because they may transmit diseases, create fire corridors and expose individuals to increased predation risk. By providing a corridor system between wildlife refuges, managers hope to maintain panther populations in florida: movements along corridors. There are a few detailed studies of the movements of individuals between patches and long corridors. A critical assumption of conservation biology is that corridors increase animal and plant movement between fragments of habitat. Haddad tested this idea with 2 butterfly species in pine plantations in sc. Corridors facilitated movements of butterflies, validating the presumed value of corridors for conservation of these species.