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August 11-22, 1999
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Habitat Fragmentation
     Habitat fragmentation occurs when large tracts of habitat are cut up into smaller "islands" of habitat. The picture on the right shows a forest in Canada that was logged. What is left is a patchwork where there was once a continuous track of forest.

Satellite Photo of Southern Idaho

Photo from http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine
Forest Near Geralton, Ontario
Photo by Reed Noss

      The satellite photo (left) of south central Idaho shows the mountain ranges in green, separated by flat, agricultural land shown in purple/grey. The fact that these mountain ranges are geographically separated from one another makes them "islands" of habitat.

Study location | Methods | Habitat fragmentation

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