Bandages for Wounded Landscapes: Faunal Corridors and Their Role in Wildlife Conservation in the Americas

摘要: The loss and fragmentation of natural habitats is probably the single greatest threat to world’s biological diversity. Fragmentation has a variety effects including isolation habitat remnants, sharp increase in amount edge and, often, disproportionate certain types — such as accessible areas on fertile, well-drained soils that are most productive for agriculture (Laurance et al. 1999).