Science news articles about 'forest fragment'

... of human-induced climate change, such as increasing carbon dioxide concentration and increasing forest fragmentation. A greater knowledge of these fascinating plants is warranted as we begin to ...

... Dr. Sybille Klenzendorf, director of WWF's Species Conservation Program. "Tigers cannot be saved in small forest fragments when faced with a threat like illegal wildlife trade— ...

... 2008 in the journal Zootaxa. Hedges found the new snake -- a type of threadsnake -- in a tiny forest fragment on the eastern side of Barbados. He believes the species is rare because most of its ...

... of the IUCN Primate Specialist Group. "The work with lion tamarins shows that conserving forest fragments and reforesting to create corridors that connect them is not only vital for primates, but ...

... trees growing in a network of coffee farms and forest fragments. Typical of many coffee farms in the area, ... The difference likely occurs because small, forest-dwelling birds like the chestnut-sided ...

... about 1.5 times faster than California forests, where mortality rates took 25 ... very oldest trees dying. Also ruled out were the effects of forest fragmentation, air pollution and suppressing wildfires, ...