Publication Details |
Category | Text Publication |
Reference Category | Book chapters |
DOI | 10.1007/978-94-009-0343-2_44 |
Title (Primary) | Species survival in relation to habitat quality, size, and isolation: summary conclusions and future directions |
Title (Secondary) | Species survival in fragmented landscapes |
Author | Henle, K.; Poschlod, P.; Margules, C.R.; Settele, J. |
Publisher | Settele, J.; Margules, C.; Poschlod, P.; Henle, K. |
Source Titel | GeoJournal Library |
Year | 1996 |
Department | BZF; NSF |
Volume | 35 |
Page From | 373 |
Page To | 381 |
Language | englisch |
UFZ inventory | Leipzig, Bibliothek - Hauptlesesaal, 96-1979 DK: 574.4.015.3 Spe, 00466684 |
Abstract | Current estimates of species extinctions indicate a sharp increase in extinction rates over the past two decades due to human-caused changes in habitats (Korneck & Sukopp 1988, Henle & Streit 1990). The most noticeable and probably most important change is the reduction of the amount of (semi-)natural habitat primarily due to the expansion of agriculture and increased deforestation but also due to urbanization in densly populated Central Europe (Vos & Zonneveld 1993). A cycle of agricultural development followed by overexploitation of the land and destruction of forests has been repeated throughout recorded history. Two-and-a-half millenia ago, Plato voiced his concern about the destruction of the land in his contemporary Attica (Oedekoven 1992). |
Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=14587 |
Henle, K., Poschlod, P., Margules, C.R., Settele, J. (1996): Species survival in relation to habitat quality, size, and isolation: summary conclusions and future directions In: Settele, J., Margules, C., Poschlod, P., Henle, K. (eds.) Species survival in fragmented landscapes GeoJournal Library 35 Kluwer, Dordrecht, p. 373 - 381 10.1007/978-94-009-0343-2_44 |