For Immediate Release: October 18th, 2012 Contact: Liza Lester (202) 833-8773 x 211; [email protected]
Conservation scientists look beyond greenbelts to connect wildlife sanctuaries; Landscape corridors and connectivity in conservation and restoration planning. We live in a human-dominated world. For many of our fellow creatures, this means a fragmented world, as human conduits to friends, family, and resources sever corridors that link the natural world. Our expanding web of highways, cities, and intensive agriculture traps many animals and plants in islands and cul-de-sacs of habitat, held back by barriers of geography or architecture from reaching mates, food, and wider resources. A team of researchers, managers, and ecological risk assessors review the current state-of-the-art in landscape connectivity planning, offering models, case studies, and advice for coping with the uncertainty inherent in dynamic, real-world conditions in the Ecological Society of America's 16th volume of Issues in Ecology. ---- This supplement is available as a free download from the Ecological Society of America's website. For images and more information, see: AAAS' EurekAlert! [full press release] http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esoa-csl101812.php ESA's blog [more photos and links] http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/landscape-connectivity-corridors-and-more-in-issues-in-ecology-16/ The Issues in Ecology main page [to download the report] http://www.esa.org/science_resources/issues_ecology.php Special thanks to all the Ecolog-l-ers who supplied photos and useful links for this story, including Adam Ford, Nova Simpson, Tony Clevenger, John Perrine, Jen Watkins, Michael Marsh, Kari Gunson, David Kirschtel, Ally Czechowicz, Stephanie Walden, Reuben Clements, Timothy Curran, Than Boves, Lyne Morissette, Alec Forest, and Kevin Krasnow. I was overwhelmed, and heartened, by your generosity. __________________________ __________________________ Liza Lester Communications Officer Ecological Society of America 1990 M Street, NW Suite 700 Washington DC 20036 202.833.8773 ext. 211 202.833.8775 Fax [email protected] http://www.esa.org/esablog/ http://www.facebook.com/esa.org tweeting @esa_org ----------------------------------------------
