Integrating people and wildlife for a sustainable future

Lack of clear, unambiguous criteria that distinguishes a linear habitat patch as a corridor contributes to controversy over the value of corridors for wildlife conservation. The definitions of biological corridors have been vague or inconsistent, and often they confound form and function. Explicit criteria that can differentiate between a linear habitat patch and a biological corridor have not been formulated. We reviewed the use of the term “corridor-’ in the ecological literature. and attempted to clarify the concept of biological corridor. Resumen: La falta de claridez y criterios ambiguos para distinguir un parche de habitat linear de un contribuye a la controversia de1 valor de los corredores en la conversacion de de fauna silvestre. Las definiciones de corredores biol@cos han sido vagas e inconsistentes y frecuentemente confunden la forma y funcion. Un criterio explicito que pueda diferenciar entre un parche de habitat linear y un biol6gico no han sido aun formulados. Nosotros revisamos el uso de1 termino corredor en la literatura ecoltigica en un intento de clarificar el concepto de biol&ico.