Habitat Destruction - Habitat Fragmintation
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Biodiversity Importance
With biodiversity it gives the animals an array of foods. Also, with different types species and genetic diversity prevents diseases.
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Habitat Fragmentation
Habitat fragmentation is a term describing the process of loss of habitat that results in the division of large habitats into a greater number of smaller habitats of lower total area.
How it affects the Habitat
It can reduce food sources for many species, and can put many species on the threatened or endangered list if to much of there habitat is fractured.
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FLORIDA PANTHER
- Today there is 100 - 180 Florida Panthers, cutting down their home has left them homeless, they will run and end up on the road as roadkill. Destruction, degradation and fragmentation of their habitat are the greatest threats to panther survival.
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WHAT WE'RE DOING/HOW TO PREVENT IT
- Don't put leaves in pile
- Plant twice as many trees as you cut down
- Place dirt right after you cut down plants in the forest
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SOURCES
- http://www.els.net/WileyCDA/ElsArticle/refId-a0021904.html
- http://study.com/academy/lesson/habitat-fragmentation-effects-definition-ca...
- http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/2/e1500052
- https://www.crd.bc.ca/education/our-environment/concerns/habitat-loss-degre...
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_fragmentation
- http://nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Conservation/Biodiversity.aspx
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