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My name is Andrew Gregory and I am a research scientist in the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University. My colleague, Dr. Paul Beier, and I have recently initiated a large scale study to determine if conservation corridors work, or rather what are the characteristics of corridors that do work? Conservation corridors, as I am sure you are aware, are the most promising intervention available to conservation practitioners to enable wildlife to adapt to increasing human fragmentation of the landscape and climate change; thus they are an invaluable tool in our efforts to conserve biodiversity. However, such interventions are expensive, typically costing tens of millions of dollars per corridor, and there is limited information as to whether or not such interventions will even work. At the current stage of our work, we are trying to network with fellow researchers to get word out about our study and to encourage interested persons to visit our website: docorridorswork.org and suggest possible landscapes. Please consider helping us out if you can. If you have any questions you can either visit the website or contact me directly at andrew.gregory@nau.edu
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Corridors are challenging, and ...arizona also has some unique challenges involving movement at terrestrial surface and fossil aquifer levels. The "ideology" of corridors--has it changed much in 20 years? -
Hi Andrew and Christine- please check out our website www.climateconservation.org. Researchers associated with this group, the Center for Large Landscape, are trying to develop science-based approaches to corridor development and assessment, and to landscape use. I am working on a project on pneumonia in bighorn sheep with several other researchers, looking at connectivity of populations also. Looking forward to checking out your website as well. Our founding director, Gary Tabor, was one of the original Y to Y people. Leslie Bienen -
Hey Andrew,
At Wageningen University, The Netherlands, where I am doing my PhD, we are doing research on linear landscape elements in agricultural areas that ought to work as corridors to connect nature reserves (these consist mainly of damp hay meadows). Results of the effecitveness of measures implemented to connect nature reserves differs between organisms. (effecitveness on plants is fairly limited while more mobile organisms like birds seem to benefit up to some extent. If you'd like to I can sent you some articles on the effectiveness of these corridors in Europe. -
I am interested in corridors between fragmented rainforests in
the Amazon region of Peru and Ecuador. Do you have any previous
or ongoing research studies that pertain to South America or other rainforest
regions? -
I am very interested in corridors connection between 3 fragments of the last frost tolerant forest in the Arabian peninsula, which is located in Yemen. this area is among the last existed hepatitis of the engendered animal the Arabian Leopard. If any of you can send me articles of such initiative please do so.
