Fragmented forests warn of ecological collapse

Fragmented forests warn of ecological collapse

The Conversation

27 September 2013


Humans have already felled or razed about half of the world's forests, and much that remains has been fragmented into small pieces. Research my colleagues and I published in Science today shows that when forests become fragmented, native mammals rapidly disappear, adding to the evidence that deforestation has a devastating effect on biodiversity. Read more

 

 
 
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