wildlife corridor
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[edit]Noun
[edit]wildlife corridor (plural wildlife corridors)
- (ecology) A strip of vegetation that differs from its surrounding environment and which connects otherwise separate habitat areas.
- 2006, Jodi A. Hilty, William Z. Lidicker Jr., Adina Merenlender, Corridor Ecology: The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation, →ISBN, page 209:
- For example, a single landowner may be required to conserve a wildlife corridor as mitigation for developing the site.
- 2009, U.S. Fish, Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge: Revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, page D-22:
- This type of wildlife corridor will be key to maintaining population stability and longevity for species such as bear, moose and caribou, especially as the 6-mile-wide Sterling Highway development corridor becomes fully realized, and should the planned Cooper Landing bypass become reality.
- 2012, James Gleeson, Deborah Gleeson, Reducing the Impacts of Development on Wildlife, →ISBN, page 90:
- Gaps in the wildlife corridor may be barriers to the movement of some species but inconsequential for other species.