Applying Nature's Design

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, and management. "Applying Nature's Design" offers a comprehensive overview of current knowledge on corridors, their design, and their implementation. Anthony B. Anderson and Clinton N. Jenkins examine a variety of conceptual and practical issues associated with corridors and provide detailed case studies from around the world. Their work considers how to manage and govern corridors, how to build support among various interest groups for corridors, and the obstacles to implementation. In addition to assessing various environmental and ecological challenges, the authors are the first to consider the importance of socioeconomic and political issues in creating and maintaining corridors.

ISBN 0231134118   Pages 256 ISBN13 9780231134118 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Columbia University Press   Weight (grammes) 338 Imprint Columbia University Press   Published in New York Format Paperback   Series title Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation Publication date 12 Dec 2005   Height (mm) 226 Library of Congress QH541.15.C   Width (mm) 179 DEWEY 333.9516   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Introduction		1
2		Conceptual foundations of corridors		11
3		Corridor design		27
4		Corridor implementation		51
5		Case studies		81
Case 1		Forest corridors for lion tamarins in the Atlantic Forest		83
Case 2		The Talamanca-Caribbean corridor, Costa Rica		95
Case 3		A corridor network for wildlife in Florida, USA		106
Case 4		The Y2Y corridor in the U.S. and Canadian Rocky Mountains		124
Case 5		Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument : a "wildlife highway" for the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion		143
Case 6		The lower Kinabatangan River corridor, Malaysia		157
Case 7		The Terai arc landscape of India and Nepal		169
Case 8		Restoring landscape linkages in the Veluwe region, the Netherlands		184

[A] valuable book... Highly recommended. Choice 10/1/2006 This small volume is packed with ideas, concepts, and references. It should be on the bookshelves of conservationists. -- Terry L. Erwin Quarterly Review of Biology 3/1/2007 This book presents an opportunity for a diverse readership to gain a new perspective about corridors and to spark new ideas of how their disciplines can participate. -- Stephen N. Matthews Landscape Ecology 1/24/2008

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