We synthesize findings to date from the world's largest and longest-running experimental
study of habitat fragmentation, located in central Amazonia. Over the past 32years …

We synthesized key findings from the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, the
world's largest and longest‐running experimental study of habitat fragmentation. Although …

Forest fragmentation is considered a greater threat to vertebrates than to tree communities
because individual trees are typically long-lived and require only small areas for survival …

Deforestation is occurring at an alarming rate in many parts of the world, causing destruction
of natural habitat and fragmentation of what remains. Nowhere is this problem more …

Few studies have assessed effects of habitat fragmentation on tropical forest dynamics. We
describe results from an 18‐yr experimental study of the effects of rain forest fragmentation …

Many studies have analyzed the ecological consequences of forest fragmentation on
Amazonian forests and the results of these studies are summarized here. Habitat …

Fragmentation can alter the ecology of rain forest remnants in many ways, but its long-term
effects on tree communities are poorly understood. One phenomenon that has received little …

Habitat fragmentation affects aboveground biomass in Amazonian forests, with potentially
important implications for carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions. We assessed the …

Tropical forests are being cleared at a rate of over 150,000 km2 per year (Whitmore 1997),
causing exten-sive loss and fragmentation of existing wildlife habitats. Fragmentation has …

Edge effects are major drivers of change in many fragmented landscapes, but are often
highly variable in space and time. Here we assess variability in edge effects altering …