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AFTER MASSIVE EXPERIMENT, RESULTS FAVOR WILDLIFE CORRIDORS (University of Florida)

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Working with Wildlife Corridors

They're called "wildlife corridors:" natural lands that are used to connect larger preserves, allowing wildlife to travel, unfettered between otherwise unlinked areas. And though they've been in use for years, there's only now, new research that shows the corridors do work. Joshua Tewksbury is the study's lead author...

In a large and ambitious experiment, scientists say they've proven positive effects on wildlife from what are called wildlife corridors, strips of land that link larger preserves, allowing wildlife to pass from one to another. Josh Tewksbury is the study's lead author...

Linking wildlife habitat

Scientists say a new study proves the benefit of wildlife corridors--narrows tracts of land that join together, larger preserves. The study's lead author, Josh Tewksbury, says these corridors become important as natural landscapes become fragmented...

A new study on wildlife corridors shows that birds will spread seeds and insects will spread pollen between two, larger tracts of land, joined only by a narrow, natural corridor. And while this proves something scientists have long believed, the study's lead author Josh Tewksbury says the study has limits...

As new research proves benefits to wildlife from wildlife corridors--narrow lands that provide a link between larger, otherwise unconnected preserves, scientists are quick to point out that the corridors don't solve all the problems created by a fragment landscape. Researcher Josh Tewksbury says while some specifics are now know, more needs to be learned about their role in the bigger picture...