Pennsylvania leads the nation in Lyme disease cases, and the continued development of forested areas increases people’s risk of being bitten by the species of tick that transmits the illness. When ...

Forest fragmentation—the division of large, intact woodlands into smaller patches—has emerged as a critical issue in 21st-century global land cover change, with far-reaching implications for ecosystem ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Animals that evolved in environments subject to large-scale habitat-altering events like fires and storms are better equipped to handle forest fragmentation caused by human ...

For much of the last ten years, many migratory birds in the US seemed to be in trouble. Forest fragmentation, an increasingly widespread phenomenon, seemed to be causing alarming declines among birds.

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