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Habitat fragmentation facts for kids

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Habitat fragmentation happens when large habitats are divided into smaller ones, separating all the species that lived there and depended on each other.

Causes

Habitat fragmentation is not good because it involves some amount of habitat destruction. Plants and other organisms in these areas are destroyed and mobile animals escape from those places to find another habitat causing an excessive crowding and possible competitions among different animals.

Images for kids

  • Grasp africa

    Fragmentation and destruction of Great Ape habitat in Central Africa, from the GLOBIO and GRASP projects (2002). Areas shown in black and red delineate areas of severe and moderate habitat loss, respectively.

  • Deforestation central Europe - Rodungen Mitteleuropa

    Deforestation in Europe. France is the most deforested country in Europe, with only 15% of the native vegetation remaining.

  • Macquarie perch

    Macquarie perch

See also

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