Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Biodiversity

Fahrig, L. (2003). Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Biodiversity. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 34, 487-515.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2003

DOI

10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132419

Link

https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132419

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chemistry_materials, mathematics

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Primes

• Coarsening
  • Ecology and information: forest-patch consolidation as small patches lose biodiversity faster; vocabulary and ontology consolidation as sparsely-used categories are absorbed into larger neighbours when per-category maintenance cost outweighs bulk usage.

    This sourceReviews edge-to-area effects and patch-size dependence of biodiversity loss — small habitat patches lose species faster, the ecological analogue of the small-unit boundary penalty.

• Connectedness
  • Infrastructure and logistics. Transport networks, power grids, supply chains, and the internet are usable only insofar as origin and destination lie in the same connected component; severing one edge can split a system into mutually unreachable halves. Biology and ecology. Habitats are connected when a population can move between patches; fragmentation produces isolated subpopulations that drift independently and face higher extinction risk.

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