Clearance and fragmentation of tropical deciduous forest in the Tierras Bajas, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Article Abstract:

Satellite-based estimates of the rates of clearance and fragmentation of forest and woodland in the Tierras Bajas area of Santa Cruz is reported and social groups based on characteristics spatial pattern of land use and land clearing is analyzed. The results indicate that if the fragmentation effects of deforestation are to be minimized, conservation planning should occur at the earliest stages of frontier development.

Bolivia, Deciduous forests, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (City)

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Predicting the pattern of decline of African primate diversity: an extinction debt from historical deforestation

Article Abstract:

A model that assesses the decline of African primate diversity from the beginning of habitat loss to extinction is examined. Historic deforestation and the calculation of extinction debts, or the time between habitat loss and population collapse is examined, and findings reveal the extinction debt consists of 30% of the forest primate animals.

Africa, Statistical Data Included, Models, Habitat (Ecology), Habitat modification, Natural history, Extinction (Biology), Primates

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Effects of riparian forest removal on fish assemblages in Southern Appalachian streams

Article Abstract:

Removing trees from more than one kilometer along the bank of a stream can have a significant negative impact on some fish populations. This was the conclusion of a study of riparian deforestation in southern Appalachia.

Fish populations

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