Do Corridors Have Value in Conversation?

The border of the United States and Mexico is home to many diverse species and plant

life. It is even home to some endangered animals. A jaguar only eats meat and it needs a very

large home range in order to survive. They move 2-3km a day just in order to find sufficient

food. Species that are endangered are very scarce compared to other things, so they have a very

low biodiversity. Also because their species are so low they suffer from inbreeding and genetic

drift, which in turn makes them more susceptible to disease. The problem with endangered

species this case study have fences restricting them from moving to places. Not literal fences, but

things like supermarkets, roads, houses and even farms can restrict the movement of animals. To

solve this problem this case study theorizes making corridors, which are holes, in places that

fence stuff off. So my hypothesis is, if we put corridors in/on/over things, than would that affect

biodiversity? Well to test this hypothesis would we have to take two controlled environments and

section them off. In both of the environments we put roads and other “fences” to restrict the

movement of species. The dynamic would be the corridors. Places where there are “fences” we

would put corridors so they could pass through without problems. If this increase species

biodiversity the hypothesis will be successful. Now there are still problems with these corridors.

We don’t actually know if animals are going to use the corridors. Coming up with a different

plan is rather difficult to do. My plan would be to get an island and put all the endangered

animals there. If you do that then the endangered species can thrive without human life affecting

it. Also it would give us an opportunity to study these species more than we ever could because

they are in an isolated environment. Alas to wrap it all up there are a lot of problems with this

case study, but it is still worth a try.