About the Book: Global Forest Fragmentation
Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially
in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the
multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation.
It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecological and a
social sciences perspective. The ultimate goal of Global Forest Fragmentation is
to provide a detailed scientific base to support future forest landscape
management and planning to meet global environmental and societal needs. Because
human land uses tend to expand over time, forests that share a high proportion
of their borders with anthropogenic uses are at higher risk of further
degradation