Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems

Haddad, N.; Brudvig, L.; Clobert, J.; Davies, K.; Gonzalez, Andrew; Holt, R.; Lovejoy, T.; Sexton, J.; Austin, M.; D Collins, Cathy; Cook, W.; I. Damschen, Ellen; Ewers, R.; Foster, B.; N. Jenkins, Clinton; J. King, Andrew; Laurance, W.; Levey, D.; Margules, C.; Melbourne, B.; O. Nicholls, A.; L. Orrock, John; Song, D.; Townshend, J.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500052

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Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems

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Authors:

N. Haddad

L. Brudvig

J. Clobert

Abstract

Urgent need for conservation and restoration measures to improve landscape connectivity. We conducted an analysis of global forest cover to reveal that 70% of remaining forest is within 1 km of the forest’s edge, subject to the degrading effects of fragmentation. A synthesis of fragmentation experim...

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Medicine

Environmental Science

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