Fragmentation glossary and government resources

Fragmentation : the process of transforming large continuous forest patches intoone or more smaller patches surrounded by disturbed areas. This occurs naturally throughsuch agents as fire, landslides, windthrow and insect attack. In managed forests timberharvesting and related activities have been the dominant disturbance agents.

[Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]

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