User:Vahuejote20/Habitat destruction

Destruction of Populations
Habitat fragmentation is the main cause of most conservation problems that exist. There have been many experiments run to look if habitat fragmentation has any type of correlation to the loss of habitat for many species. They ran a survey which showed that there were around 20 experiments worldwide. The main purpose of these experiments was to show or even explain the general issues in ecology. The fragmentation experiments have been kept now for a much longer time because of the effect they have started to have in the areas that fragmentation is being a part of. As it shows the smaller habitats have expected to hang on to fewer species rather than the larger areas which keep a larger amount of species.

Habitat loss has been one of the biggest things impacted by habitat fragmentation, but also when it comes to the biodiversity of that area there isn’t much within the species. Fragmentation has been such a big impact since it doesn’t allow for the species to have what they are naturally accustomed to. This makes the species isolate, reduce the area where they can live, and have many ecological boundaries. There are studies that are starting to show that many species have started to lose their richness. Throughout these studies they also learned that changes in the abiotic and biotic parameters have caused a greater impact on the ecology than the actual habitat. They have also come to a conclusion which makes them believe that when species are crowded into one space that will eventually lead to the extinction of that species. As for fragmentation now that can be seen as a big cause for the big effects on species.

Predators affecting the population of the prey
In recent times the destruction of habitat has been the main cause of the loss of many different species. Sometimes the area may be small of destruction but as time goes by slowly that will cause for the increase of extinction. But this is not the only thing which will cause extinction. There are many other reasons for that to happen but they are all connected back to the loss of habitat. As we see in a three species system the cause for them to lose their habitat is not just natural but it's also caused from having too much of a certain species. Since if we were to say we have species x, y and z if species z were to go extinct which is the predator it will now increase prey which could possibly cause overpopulation. And with a higher amount of any species that can cause them to use too much of their resources or even exploit them. Since many species their habitats depend on natural resources and with the overuse of them they will eventually run out and cause them to lose most of their habitat. Not just that but now the species that has gone extinct will change everything drastically.

The destruction and fragmentation are the 2 most important factors in species extinction. The negative effects of decreasing size and increasing of isolation of habitat are misinterpreted by fragmentation, but in reality they are much more larger effects on the population. Fragmentation and generally has either no effect or a negative effect on population survival. Since habitat loss of fragmentation typically occurs together it's still not clear which process has a larger effect on extinction. To ensure that there is no more habitat loss we have to make sure that anyway fragmentation is mitigated or reduced. The decreasing number of isolation and habitat loss with fragmentation are all connected in a way that has negatively affected the environment.