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-=====the canal - a biological (bee) corridor=====
-  * thurn&taxis
-  * kaaitheater
-  * okno
-  * so-on x2
-  * libanese garagehouder
-  * peniche
-  * barbara van dyck
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-Biological corridor is the designation for a continuous geographic extent of  habitat linking ecosystems, either spatially or functionally; such a link restores or conserves the connection between habitats that are fragmented by natural causes or human development.  Such corridors are an important aspect in the preservation of species richness and biodiversity.  There are different scales of biological corridors, but all share the same purpose of providing connections for species through fragmented landscapes.
-A biological corridor, alternatively termed habitat corridor, is used for the transportation functions of fauna and seed dispersal/propagation routes for flora and lower life forms. Specific elements of this transport for fauna include seasonal or migration movement, life cycle links, species dispersal, re-colonization of an area and movement in response to external pressures.  These corridors are not always literally continuous, some acting as stepping stones that provide resting and feeding stops along migratory routes that may contain inhospitable territory.  Managed areas adjacent to these corridors are called buffer zones.  These zones extend the areas within which faunal species can travel or flora species can propagate.
-There are many different types of habitat that are suitable for these pathways: natural, semi-natural and artificial.