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Effect of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity: A review.

WU Jing1**, LIU Zhi-min2   

  1. (1Liaoning Forestry VocationTechnical College, Shenyang 110101, China; 2State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China)
  • Online:2014-07-10 Published:2014-07-10

Abstract: The relationship between habitat fragmentation and biodiversity has been a hot spot in theoretical ecology. This paper elaborated the concept, connotation and measurement of habitat fragmentation. The main theory, content and progress of habitat fragmentation research were also described. Many issues of habitat fragmentation studies were summarized such as different metrics methods of fragmented landscape pattern, inaccurate research methods and undetected nonlinear effect of habitat fragmentation. More research should be conducted on the effect of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity in semiarid areas. Furthermore, the theory and methods of spatial analysis should be widely applied in this area.

Key words: nitrogen and phosphorous, simulated warming, alpine timberline, soil microbial community, phospholipid fatty acid, soil carbon