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[http://www.salon.com/2015/03/23/this_is_absolutely_terrifying_%E2%80%9Cthere_are_really_only_two_big_patches_of_intact_forest_left_on_earth/ '''“There are really only two big patches of intact forest left on Earth”'''] | [http://www.salon.com/2015/03/23/this_is_absolutely_terrifying_%E2%80%9Cthere_are_really_only_two_big_patches_of_intact_forest_left_on_earth/ '''“There are really only two big patches of intact forest left on Earth”'''] | ||
... the studies showed that when patches of forest become smaller and more isolated, the abundance of birds, mammal, insects and plants decreases in kind — those pressures | ... the studies showed that when patches of forest become smaller and more isolated, the abundance of birds, mammal, insects and plants decreases in kind — those pressures reduced the species’ ability to persist... On average... fragmented forests lose more than half of their species within just 20 years; in the one experiment that’s still ongoing after more than two decades, the losses are continuing to compound. | ||
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Extinction issues -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction
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Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems / March 2015
“There are really only two big patches of intact forest left on Earth”
... the studies showed that when patches of forest become smaller and more isolated, the abundance of birds, mammal, insects and plants decreases in kind — those pressures reduced the species’ ability to persist... On average... fragmented forests lose more than half of their species within just 20 years; in the one experiment that’s still ongoing after more than two decades, the losses are continuing to compound.
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The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert, published February 2014
Wikipedia / Book: The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
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Biodiversity -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity
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http://www.biodiversitya-z.org/
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/