Impacts of Deforestation on the Loss of Biodiversity

Habitat loss accurately predicts species loss in regions where the habitat loss occurred a long time ago (Dial 1994; Pimm & Askins 1995). However, there is a time lag between habitat loss and species loss (Brooks et al. 1999 a). For well-known taxa, one can detect this time lag in the form of population declines toward extinc-tion. Such ... ................
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