Wildlife face 'Armageddon' as forests shrink
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Species living in rainforest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than was previously thought, says an international team of scientists. In a study spanning two decades, the researchers witnessed the near-complete extinction of native small mammals on forest islands created by a large hydroelectric reservoir in Thailand.