Habitat loss and population decline: a meta-analysis of the patch size...

Ecology;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......organisms, new habitat patches are...consequences of habitat fragmentation on resident...al. 1995). Habitat fragmentation is a term...different ways. Habitat fragmentation, by definition...number of habitat patches that...the term habitat ...

Demographic responses to habitat fragmentation: experimental tests at the...

Ecology;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Habitat fragmentation, the process by which...Andren 1994). As habitat loss continues beyond the...which the effects of habitat fragmentation might be studied...burning of grassland habitat can be used to design...

Movement responses to patch structure in experimental fractal landscapes.

Ecology;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......immediate consequences of habitat fragmentation is the disruption of dispersal...over a very small range of habitat loss (Gardner et al. 1987, Gardner...percolating cluster, and habitat loss has little effect on connectivity...not only on the degree of habitat loss (p), ...

HABITAT LOSS EXTINGUISHING BIRD SPECIES

United Press International;  March 8, 2004 ;     179 words ...United Press International 03-08-2004 Habitat loss extinguishing bird species LONDON, Mar 08, 2004 (United...than 1,200 species of birds face extinction because of habitat loss, Britain's BirdLife International said Monday. The group...

BRIEFING: BOULDER CU'S COLLINGE TO TALK ABOUT HABITAT LOSS

Rocky Mountain News;  January 13, 2003 ;     70 words ...Habitat loss in the West and what people can do about it will be discussed Wednesday by University of Colorado Assistant Professor Sharon Collinge...

STUDY: BIOLOGY TRUMPS HABITAT LOSS

United Press International;  July 16, 2004 ;     249 words ...United Press International 07-16-2004 Study: Biology trumps habitat loss LONDON, Jul 16, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX...and U.S. scientists say carnivores are less endangered by habitat loss to humans than they are by their own intrinsic biological...

IMPACT OF ENVIRIONMENTAL REGULATIONS ON ENERGY AMD MINERAL:DR. DOROTHY...

Congressional Testimony;  June 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ......corridors and problems of habitat fragmentation? And why should we care about...ramifications from the converse: habitat fragmentation. Considerably disturbing...significant effects on wildlife. Habitat fragmentation makes it more difficult for...correlates very clearly to ...

Half of world's primates face extinction due to habitat loss and hunting

The Hindustan Times;  August 5, 2008 ;     465 words ......that almost 50 percent are in danger of going extinct due to habitat loss and hunting. The review was done by the world's foremost...monkeys, langurs and other species have dwindled due to rampant habitat loss exacerbated by hunting for food and to supply the wildlife...

... HUMANS TO BLAME FOR HABITAT LOSS; TRAPPING, NEUTERING IS BEST...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  February 1, 2002 ;     657 words ......negative impact on the environment and the wildlife therein is habitat loss -- not the predation of cats. Therefore, it is man who is...decline can be attributed to other factors, which include habitat loss, pollution, pesticides, and droughts. Another study on feral...

Fed: Koala habitat loss not funny, says group

AAP General News (Australia);  November 22, 2004 ;     369 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 11-22-2004 Fed: Koala habitat loss not funny, says group CANBERRA, Nov 22 AAP - The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) today said reporting of koala issues was being...

World is fast losing battle over tropical habitat loss

The Hindustan Times;  June 26, 2008 ;     342 words ......June 26 -- A new review by University of Adelaide researchers has shown that the world is losing the battle over tropical habitat loss, with potentially disastrous implications for biodiversity and human well-being. The review concludes that human beings are...

Studies: Global warming impacts would plants, animals; Extinction: The...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  January 2, 2003 ;     614 words ......findings could spell bad news for species already stressed by habitat loss if predictions of global warming over the next century pan...even after taking into account other possible causes such as habitat loss. Other scientists said the two studies, in pulling together...

REINDEER THREATENED BY HABITAT LOSS

United Press International;  December 19, 2003 ;     236 words ...United Press International 12-19-2003 Reindeer threatened by habitat loss ARENDAL, Norway, Dec 19, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Dams, mountain cabins and hydroelectric facilities are...

Space-use responses to habitat fragmentation and connectivity in the root...

Ecology;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Although habitat fragmentation is widely regarded as...Wiens 1989). Large-scale habitat fragmentation affecting metapopulation...investigate in the context of habitat fragmentation is space use (Ims et...

Europe's carnivores vanishing fast

The Independent - London;  February 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ......and into Russia. Thought to be 7,000 left. Threats: Habitat loss; hunting; traffic accidents. Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus...of the Spanish and Portuguese countryside. Threats: Habitat loss, hunting and road deaths, and decline of rabbits. Brown...Romania and Poland. Threats: Hunting by farmers; ...