Biological Science (6th Edition)

Published by Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10: 0321976495
ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-649-9

Chapter 51 - Population Ecology - Review - Page 1090: 7

Answer

The recolonization of the populations may serve as a reason for the maintenance of an unoccupied niche and a habitat corridor, which is offered as a result of the gene flow and movement of individuals within different populations.

Work Step by Step

The habitat corridors allow the organisms to move across and between the populations. This causes an increased gene flow. It also makes the recolonization of the habitats possible in the areas where the populations have been lost. Furthermore, the maintenance of an unoccupied habitat allows for those habitats to be recolonized for a population and provides plenty of resources to the populations. Therefore, the biologists want to maintain a habitat corridor and an unoccupied habitat for the species.
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