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«This project I think more than any other demonstrated that forest fragmentation in patches was a very, very big problem for nature,» said Harvey Locke, a conservationist and writer who visited Camp 41 with Lovejoy in December.

They found that forest fragmentation in all three continents is close to a critical point beyond which fragment number will strongly increase.

Not exact matches

In Massachusetts, environmental concerns for wind energy development include direct impacts to birds, bats, and forest fragmentation.

Earlier this year, STRI research associate William Laurance published a paper in Science, stressing the importance of considering wildlife conservation during transportation infrastructure planning, because it is well known in the conservation community that roads «can unleash a Pandora's box of environmental ills, such as land encroachment, wildlife poaching, forest fragmentation, exotic species invasions and illegal mining.»

On a per - unit - area basis, the cannabis grows resulted in 1.5 times more forest loss and 2.5 times greater fragmentation of the landscape, breaking up large, contiguous forest into smaller patches and reducing wildlife habitat.

Planting cannabis for commercial production in remote locations is creating forest fragmentation, stream modification, soil erosion and landslides.

Your article on the study of habitat fragmentation in Borneo carried out in co-operation with loggers states that 75,000 hectares of primary forest in Sabah is being cleared to develop oil - palm plantations (22 October, p 7).

«Our analysis allows us to track species» abundances in response to edge effects to predict the impact on biodiversity caused by forest loss and fragmentation,» adds Dr Pfeifer.

Although they remain a relatively common bird, the species has been declining rapidly since the early 1970's and several researchers have suggested that fragmentation of forests in breeding grounds are playing a major role.

«This demonstrates that while wood thrushes are sensitive to breeding forest fragmentation, it is not the main cause of declines, rather the loss and / or degradation of habitat in the winter range in Central America is the culprit,» Taylor said.

In the new study, Taylor examines how breeding forest fragmentation relates to the shape and strength of density - dependence or how dwindling resources limit bird population.

A UFZ team of scientists led by Andreas Huth described in Nature Communications in spring of last year that fragmentation of once connected tropical forest areas could increase carbon emissions worldwide by another third, as many trees die and less carbon dioxide is stored in the edge of forest fragments.

In the scientific journal Nature, they explain how this allows to model and understand the fragmentation of forests on a global scale.

Emissions from wildfires totalled more than 1bn tonnes of CO2 from 2003 - 2015, the lead author tells Carbon Brief, and climate change, along with forest fragmentation, could cause a further increase in the number of forest fires in the coming decades.

She and I agreed that, if anything, folks should be far more concerned about the tropics in a warming climate, given how many regions are close to physical limits for heat now and other factors, like fragmentation of rain forests and pollution impacts on reefs, are adding stress.

It's worth noting that the scale of this forested tract is itself unusual in Delaware, which is one of our smallest states, and one that has experienced a high degree of forest fragmentation.

Tar Sands and Unconventional Fossil Fuels In a previous post «Silence Is Deadly» I wrote, «The environmental impacts of tar sands development include: irreversible effects on biodiversity and the natural environment, reduced water quality, destruction of fragile pristine Boreal forest and associated wetlands, aquatic and watershed mismanagement, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, disruption to life cycles of endemic wildlife particularly bird and caribou migration, fish deformities and negative impacts on the human health in downstream communities.&raquIn a previous post «Silence Is Deadly» I wrote, «The environmental impacts of tar sands development include: irreversible effects on biodiversity and the natural environment, reduced water quality, destruction of fragile pristine Boreal forest and associated wetlands, aquatic and watershed mismanagement, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, disruption to life cycles of endemic wildlife particularly bird and caribou migration, fish deformities and negative impacts on the human health in downstream communities.&raquin downstream communities.»

The Big River and Salmon Creek Forests, located in Mendocino County, Calif., were subject historically to land fragmentation and unsustainable logging practices.

In some regions, it is thought to be at risk from forest fragmentation.

Changes in fire frequency probably contribute to bistability and will be amplified by forest fragmentation due to human activity.

Habitat fragmentation and biomass reduction on isolated forest islands at the Balbina dam — with trees replaced by lianas — resulted in increased carbon emissions.

Fragmentation and climate effects can compromise the ability of these forests to act as a carbon sink — and in fact speed up the process

And fracking supporters must justify the benefits in the face of the fragmentation of forest lands by wellheads, pipelines, and access roads and the manage the risks of spills and emissions on local communities.

Field studies carried out over the last 20 years clearly show local changes in water, energy, carbon and nutrient cycling, and in atmospheric composition, caused by deforestation, logging, forest fragmentation and biomass burning.