Concept information

Preferred term

ecological corridor  

Definition

  • A corridor as a narrow, linear (or near-linear) piece of habitat that connects two larger patches of habitat that are surrounded by a nonhabitat matrix, thereby facilitating movements of animals and dispersal of plants and other organsisms.

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15127

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