Is habitat fragmentation bad for biodiversity?

• Published in: Biological conservation Vol. 230; pp. 179 - 186
• Main Authors: Fahrig, Lenore, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Bennett, Joseph R., Boucher-Lalonde, Véronique, Cazetta, Eliana, Currie, David J., Eigenbrod, Felix, Ford, Adam T., Harrison, Susan P., Jaeger, Jochen A.G., Koper, Nicola, Martin, Amanda E., Martin, Jean-Louis, Metzger, Jean Paul, Morrison, Peter, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Saunders, Denis A., Simberloff, Daniel, Smith, Adam C., Tischendorf, Lutz, Vellend, Mark, Watling, James I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biodiversity and Ecology; Corridors; Cross-scale extrapolation; ecological value; Edge effect; edge effects; empirical research; environmental impact; Environmental Sciences; Global Changes; Habitat diversity; habitat fragmentation; Habitat fragmentation per se; Habitat loss; habitats; Landscape configuration; Landscape heterogeneity; landscapes; Patch isolation; Patch size; prediction; risk; SLOSS; Spatial scale; species abundance; SLOSS; Edge effect; Habitat loss; Cross-scale extrapolation; Landscape configuration; Corridors; Habitat fragmentation per se; Landscape heterogeneity; Patch size; Habitat diversity; Spatial scale; Patch isolation
• ISSN: 0006-3207; 1873-2917
• DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.12.026

In a review of landscape-scale empirical studies, Fahrig (2017a) found that ecological responses to habitat fragmentation per se (fragmentation independent of habitat amount) were usually non-significant (>70% of responses) and that 76% of significant relationships were positive, with species abu...