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Experimental Fragmentation

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Species Survival in Fragmented Landscapes

Part of the book series: The GeoJournal Library ((GEJL,volume 35))

Abstract

One of the most pervasive effects of human activity in the landscape is the fragmentation of natural habitat. Fragmentation isolates patches of habitat thereby disrupting individual and population behaviour (e.g. Redpath 1995, Hanski et al. 1995), the genetic makeup of populations (e.g. Sarre 1995a), species interactions (e.g. Aizen & Feinsinger 1994) and ecological processes (e.g. Kapos 1989, Saunders et al. 1991). Understanding the nature and extent of these disruptions is a necessary pre-requisite for managing fragmented landscapes so that they retain biological diversity as well as a production capacity for human consumption. Yet the ecological effects of habitat fragmentation remain poorly understood.

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  1. Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, PO Box 84, Lyneham, ACT, 2602, Australia

    C. R. Margules

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  1. Department of Semi-Natural Landscapes, UFZ, Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle Ltd., Leipzig, Germany

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  2. Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia

    Chris Margules

  3. Department of Nature Conservation II, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany

    Peter Poschlod

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Margules, C.R. (1996). Experimental Fragmentation. In: Settele, J., Margules, C., Poschlod, P., Henle, K. (eds) Species Survival in Fragmented Landscapes. The GeoJournal Library, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0343-2_14

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