Landscape or habitat fragmentation is the breaking up of a habitat or vegetation type into smaller, disconnected sections. It is generally a consequence of land use: agricultural activities, road ...
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 ...
Habitat fragmentation describes the division of once-contiguous ecosystems into smaller, isolated patches, disrupting ecological processes at genetic, species and community levels. Fragmentation ...