Sentences with phrase «between habitat patches»

Much of the Canmore area has been designated a wildlife corridor which allows animals such as bears, cougar, wolves, and elk to move between habitat patches.

However, there was a growing fragmentation between those habitat patches, due to human activities such as roads or development, and natural events, such as the catastrophic Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008.

Not exact matches

The total range for the bears decreased by 5 % between 1976 and 2001, and the average size of a habitat patch decreased by nearly a quarter, BBC reports.

When forests are divided by housing developments or logging, strips are sometimes left to allow animals to travel between remaining patches of habitat.