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Example of a Citation:Forest fragments in east-central Illinois: islands or habitat patches for mammals? Daniel L. Rosenblatt, Edward J. Heske, Suzanne L. Nelson, Diana M. Barber, Martin A. Miller, Bruce MacAllister. The American Midland Naturalist Jan 1999 v141 i1 p115(9)
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Forest fragments in east-central Illinois: islands or habitat patches for mammals? Daniel L. Rosenblatt, Edward J. Heske, Suzanne L. Nelson, Diana M. Barber, Martin A. Miller, Bruce MacAllister. The American Midland Naturalist Jan 1999 v141 i1 p115(9)
This article reports the findings of a survey of 19 mammals found in 10 small remnants areas of forest in the midst of cropland in east-central Illinois. The study's purpose was to assess the impact of forest fragmentation on mammal diversity and distribution. It was found that most forest mammals have not been limited in their movements by intervening cropland and that they treat the forest remnants as habitat patches rather than islands.
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Forest fragments in east-central Illinois: islands or habitat patches
for mammals? Daniel L. Rosenblatt, Edward J. Heske, Suzanne L. Nelson, Diana M. Barber, Martin A. Miller, Bruce MacAllister. The American Midland Naturalist Jan 1999 v141 i1 p115(9)INTRODUCTION
Human activities in many regions of the world have led to the drastic reduction and fragmentation of much of the natural habitat (Wilcove et al., 1986). Fragmentation reduces the total area of habitat, reduces patch size, increases the ratio of edge to interior in patches and increases the distance between patches (Murcia, 1995),which could lead to local extirpations. The effects of fragmentation on the biota remaining in remnant patches of natural habitat need to be determined to develop effective strategies for maintaining or restoring biodiversity(McCoy and Mushinsky, 1994).
In the midwestern United States much of the natural habitat has been converted to agricultural use. In Illinois about 81% of the land area is currently used for agriculture (Neely and Heister, 1987); 50% of the land
area is covered by row crops (primarily corn, Zea mays, and soybeans, Glycine max). East-central Illinois was once dominated by wet prairie dissected by rivers and riparian forest (Iverson et al., 1989) but low-crop agriculture now covers 75% of the land area (Mankin and Warner, 1997). The original prairie habitat has been lost from this region, and most remaining forest patches are farmstead woodlots, with the largest tracts of forested habitat generally following rivers (Nixon et al., 1978). These forest fragments often resemble islands in a sea of agriculture, as they can have discrete boundaries and are separated by habitat types that can serve as barriers to interpatch movement. [...]