Applying Nature's Design: Corridors as a Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation

by Anthony Anderson

Book Overview

The fragmenting of habitats is endangering animal populations and degrading or destroying many plant populations throughout the world. To address this problem, conservationists have increasingly turned to biological corridors, areas of land set aside to facilitate the movement of species and ecological processes. However, while hundreds of corridor initiatives are under way worldwide, there is little practical information to guide their design, location,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231134118
• ISBN13: 9780231134118
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher