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Shrinking habitats have adverse effects on world ecosystems
2015-03-20 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] An extensive study of global habitat fragmentation - the division of habitats into smaller and more isolated patches - points to major trouble for a number of the world's ecosystems and the plants and animals living in them. The study shows that 70 percent of existing forest lands are within a half-mile of the forest edge, where encroaching urban, suburban or agricultural influences can cause any number of harmful effects - like the losses of plants and animals.</p…
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