Changes in Biota

Title
Changes in Biota
Publication Date
1993
Author(s)
Hobbs, R J
Saunders, D A
Lobry De Bruyn, Lisa
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0173-2863
Email: llobryde@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:llobryde
Main, A R
Editor
Editor(s): R J Hobbs, D A Saunders
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
New York, United States of America
Edition
1st
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4613-9214-9_4
UNE publication id
une:22411
Abstract
Over much of the world, conservation of regional biota depends almost entirely on the retention and management of the remnants of native vegetation left following clearing or extensive modification for agriculture, forestry, or other productive use. These remnants vary in size, shape, degree of isolation, and ownership. The fragmentation process results in many changes in the physical environment and in the biota, as reviewed by Saunders et al. (1991). In some parts of the world, as in Europe, fragmentation has been occurring for long periods (Wilcove et al. 1986; Attenborough 1987), whereas in areas more recently settled by Europeans, such as North America and Australia, the process has occurred mainly in the last 200 years (Hobbs and Hopkins 1990). Land clearance in many parts of the world, including Australia and the tropics, has been very rapid over the past 50 years (Saunders et al. 1985; Malingreau and Tucker 1988; Richards and Tucker 1988), and pressures from human population expansion are likely to see the fragmentation process continue (Western 1989).
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Citation
Reintegrating Fragmented Landscapes: Towrds Sustainable Production and Nature Conservation, p. 65-106
ISBN
9780387978062
3540978062
0387978062
Start page
65
End page
106

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