Habitat Fragmentation

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION

By: Ferris Troy B. Yu Asensi

Habitat Fragmentation is a process of environmental change

essential in evolution and conservation Biology. As the name

implies, it describes the emergence of discontinuities

(fragmentation) in an organism's preferred environment

(habitat).

Habitat Fragmentation affects biodiversity due to reduction in the

amount available habitat for plants and animals like rain forests,

forests, oceans, etc. Habitat Fragmentation invariably involves

some amount of habitat destruction. Plants and other sessile

organisms in these areas are usually directly destroyed. The

remaining habitat fragments are smaller than the original

habitat.

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Habitat Fragmentation eliminates habitats for those species

requiring large unbroken blocks of habitat. Additionally, the small

habitat patches resulting from fragmentation, often do not provide

the food and cover resources for many species that do attempt to

use them. This can result in an increased risk of death by

predation, if the animal has to venture beyond the cover of the

patch to find new resources, or starvation

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MY INSIGHTS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE:

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Habitat Fragmentation is an environmental issue we are

constantly encountering nowadays but us, humans are not

aware of it. Moreover,we are the culprit of this environmental

problem. Habitat Fragmentation is frequently caused by us, humans

when native vegetation is cleared for human activities such as

agriculture, rural development or urbanization.

Habitat Fragmentation isn't popular as global warming but

it's effects are as tremendous and dominant like global warming.

Many animals are threatened by this growing environmental

problem we all struggle to unravel. Many living organisms

experience starvation that increases competition among animals.

There are many management practices for the maintenance of

species which are threatened because of fragmentation. Some of

these practices include: reduction of inbreeding, preserving or

restoring habitat, meta populations, and facilitating dispersal,

migration, and breeding.

Habitat Fragmentation brought about by geological processes,

can be a major problem in the near future. When animals lose their

habitats, they may endanger their existence. Overcrowding and

increased population are the possible results. Providing synthetic

habitats for animals can be a way to prevent this phenomenon.

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BYE..!!

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HOPE YOU'D TAKE A STAND IN SAVING THE NATURE!

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