Forest fragmentation—the division of large, intact woodlands into smaller patches—has emerged as a critical issue in 21st-century global land cover change, with far-reaching implications for ecosystem ...

Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to University of Michigan research. Ecologists agree that habitat loss and the fragmentation of ...

Jeremiah D. Groom, Thomas C. Grubb Jr. Forest area is known to be correlated with bird-species diversity. Most researchers of riparian forest avifauna have used riparian woodland width as an index of ...

Part 1: Problem setting. Introduction ; The approach -- Part 2: Current states of nature. The natural forest community. High latitude and Mediterranean climate ; Canopy height and massivity of forest ...

In the late 20th century, forest conservation in the eastern United States was rarely a matter of sweeping victories or clean ...

Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to recent research. Ecologists agree that habitat loss and the fragmentation of forests reduces ...