Integrated habitat networks

'Integrated habitat networks' focus on more than one habitat.  For example, The Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership   team have developed an integrated habitat network which covers a mix of habitats including unimproved grassland, floodplain wetland, woodlands and raised bogs.  (See the link on the right for more information.)

Corridors

Some people also use terms such as corridor or green corridor to refer to areas which link one habitat patch with another - sometimes when a 'network' is meant.   'Corridor' isn't always a very helpful term as it implies a particular linear shape, which may or may not be appropriate in the specific circumstances. It also suggests that the connection between two habitat patches has to be a distinct, physical linkage on the ground.  Elsewhere in this guidance you'll see that this isn't always the case - sometimes areas of habitat might be linked in practice, or 'functionally' even if they don't appear to be linked by a physical structure.

See the glossary for corridor, structural connectivity  and functional connectivity.