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 ...

In a groundbreaking study that explores the ecological consequences of forest fragmentation, researchers are examining the degradation of edge forests and the associated carbon loss. The study, titled ...

Papua New Guinea is a global hotspot of avian biodiversity, home to spectacular and behaviorally complex bird species that occur nowhere else on the planet. A new study shows that forest fragmentation ...

A University of Florida professor visited the University of Connecticut on Thursday, Feb. 5, to discuss the impact of habitat fragmentation and drought on tropical plants. Emilio Bruna spoke to the ...

Somewhere in the borderlands of West Africa, a small herd of forest elephants feeds in a fragment of lowland rainforest ...

In highly deforested landscapes and degraded forests, large-seeded big trees are losing out to opportunistic, fast-growing species, a recent study has found. Having examined 1,207 tree species across ...

McLellan, C. H., Dobson, A. P., Wilcove, D. S., and Lynch, James F. 1987. "Effects of forest fragmentation on new- and old-world bird communities: Empirical ...

Scientists find that ecosystems across Africa follow similar patterns, with vegetation and human impact shaping food webs in ...

Explore the escalating human-wildlife conflict in Kollam's eastern regions as summer heat drives animals into towns and farms ...