What is a Corridor?
Connections between different environments to help a variety of habitats coexist.
Name one problem and explain why it is a problem.
Edge effects/invasive species/diseases/Parasitisms, etc.
Name one solution and explain why it is a problem?
creating physical separations between corridors/ locating corridors along existing edges/ avoid fragmentation of habitat patches
Name at lest one way species that can be transferred negatively between corridors?
Vehicles and watercraft, wind, currents, etc.
What are two benefits corridors can have?
Provide habitat for different animals, maintain biodiversity, transfer resources, enable the exchange of genes, etc.
What is a specific example of a parasite that may be transferred on a host population or another habitat?
Ticks or Fleas
What is one solution to minimize edge effects and prevent the spread of parasites in corridors?
Locating corridors along existing edges.
What is the name of the corridor in Europe that was said in the first slide, and what was the species, that was mentioned, it provides habitat for?
The European Greenbelt, and the Balkan Lynx