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| Pros & Cons | Scale
| Types | Measurements
| Appearance | Complexity
Think!
What comes to mind when you hear the word 'corridor'? How might this be relevant to landscapes?
This page
explains what corridors are and how they are formed. Other pages will give you
information on:
Characteristics
of corridors
Advantages
and disadvantages of corridors
Scale
and corridors
Types
of corridors
Corridors
have been described as 'narrow strips of land which differ in structure from
the matrix' (Forman
and Godron, 1986). They can be isolated but are usually attached to patches
of similar vegetation type.
Corridors
are formed by the same mechanisms as patches. They arise out of 2 main processes:
More?
You will have
noticed that Forman and Godron have been referred to often in the sections
on patches and corridors. You would benefit from considering their article
in Reading 1.4 on 'Patches
and structural components for a landscape ecology.'
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