Types of corridors

Corridors are often thought of as being linear features but this does not have to be the case. Small patches can be corridors if they provide important connections to larger areas. This means they create a 'stepping stone' effect.

Dendy's (1987) definition of a wildlife corridor is that it is 'a narrow strip, stepping stone or series of stepping stones of hospitable territory traversing inhospitable territory providing access from one area to another'.

There are three basic types of corridor. These are:

• line corridors - eg paths, roads, hedgerows, drainage ditches ie. narrow bands dominated by edge species
  
  
• strip corridors - wider bands than line corridors with a central interior habitat so they contain interior species
  
  
• stream corridors - broader water courses, width varies with width of the stream (Forman and Godron, 1986)

	Classify corridors
Which type of corridor exists in Kellerberrin? Do the same types of corridors exist in New England? Label any corridors you can identify on the drawing you made earlier.