Sentences with phrase «habitat corridors»
"Habitat corridors" are like pathways that connect different natural areas together. They help animals and plants move between habitats, allowing them to find food, mates, and shelter. These corridors are important for maintaining healthy ecosystems and protecting biodiversity. Full definition
These lupines will be planted to create habitat corridors between existing isolated butterfly populations.
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DeMatteo's study, which examined the habitat needs of jaguars, pumas, ocelots, oncillas and bush dogs, offers a more nuanced approach, suggesting that the optimal footprint for habitat corridors should be drawn with the overlapping needs of many species in mind.
Because the jaguar is so averse to human interaction, some studies have suggested that habitat corridors designed for it also would cover the needs of other predators.
For species such as the jaguar, which rarely crosses into territory disturbed by humans, survival may hinge on the creation of habitat corridors linking isolated population pockets.
Colwell suggests that the most important safeguard for tropical species may be continuous habitat corridors over wide elevational gradients.
Perhaps most encouraging, transportation companies like rail operator Network Rail and the Highways Agency have signed up to create and enhance pollinator habitats along railway verges and highways, essentially using Britain's existing network of transportation corridors to create habitat corridors that allow pollinators to move across the country and expand their habitat.
DeMatteo, who has spent 10 years working on the project, said completion of the corridor model will allow researchers and community leaders to begin working with property owners to establish the habitat corridors.
Besides habitat restoration, other attempts to increase population have included building of new breeding ponds, creation of «habitat corridors to connect breeding sites», and reintroductions.