Corridors Identified (from north to south)

The following aerial photographs depict some of the movement routes used by bobcats in Brevard County. They were obtained from radio-telemetry. These are not all the routes determined by us so far. Corridors are indicated with the curvilinear yellow lines.

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Titusville. (CT1A)

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Enchanted Forest, South Titusville. (CTEF1A)

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Port St. John - Space Center Executive Airport. (CPSJ1A)

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Port St. John. (CPSJ1B)

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Canaveral Groves, Section 33. (CCG1A)

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Proposed and existing linkages in and out of Mud Lake (see map at right for continuation to the south). (CMLPE1A)

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Rockledge-Cocoa (see map at left for continuation to the north). (CRC1A)

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Viera. (CV1A)

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Suntree. (CS1A)

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Mandevu (B035) Dispersal from Cocoa to Viera. (CCRVS1A)

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The Cocoa to Titusville Corridor showing how a corridor links two disjunct larger blocks of habitat. In this case, the Cocoa Core and Titusville Core are the two large blocks of habitat upon which the corridor terminates, and those with which the corridor effects the linkage between them. (CCCTC1A)

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Classic model of how corridors function to connect disjunct blocks of habitat that are otherwise isolated with small populations.

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Image showing a small sample of radio locations of bobcat F08 (sample period one month). Note how her locations mostly reside within the black colored strand. This strand is an upland composite of hammock and pine flatwoods surrounded by marsh. This is how we define a corridor - by the preferential use of a linear tract of land by a bobcat. In this case, the preferred land is a linear corridor of upland forest surrounded by a 'hostile' habitat type (marsh). (CSJNWR1A)

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The amount of habitat that remains in Brevard County that is considered preferred habitat for bobcats. It consists of upland and wetland forests and dry shrub. The areas shown in green are the preferred habitat types. This composite accounts for only 25% of the total landscape of Brevard County. (MRBH1A)