Habitat fragmentation

would be the impacts it would have on residents who live in the area it would be constructed. Not only would it alter the natural desert land by flattening part of South Mountain in order to build a road for cars to drive on, it would also cause habitat loss, traffic disturbance,…

house cat is part of the Felinae group as well. Most people think of the bigger cats in the Felidae class when they think of endangered felines, but the smaller species are just as much at risk. The most influential issue here is habitat loss. This includes fragmentation through logging and industrial expansion. There simply isn’t enough room for both humans and animals anymore. Human population will continue to rise to a point that the planet won’t be able to support us, let…

Physical Description: Fully grown Tasmanian devils are typically the size of a medium sized dog, males weighing between 7.7–13.0 kilograms and females weighing between 4.5–9 kilograms They are stocky, muscular marsupials measuring around 60cm in length with strong fore legs and proportionately weak hind legs. Tasmanian devils are covered in a black coat accented with variable white markings on the chest, shoulders and rump. Devils are not fast animals, however, their high stamina and endurance…

The Golden lion tamarin (GLT) was first listed as endangered in 1982 according to the International Union of Conservation (IUCN). After an assessment in 1996, IUCN classified the GLT as critically endangered. In 2003, after conservation efforts, the IUCN re-classified GLTs as endangered. GLTs are listed as a regionally threatened species in the state of Rio de Janeiro and listed in appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (IUCN, 2008). Several conservation…

Abdulla Haider- Arianna Javier- Juan Esparza Professor Mejia Anthropology 101 5-18-18 Old World Monkeys Old world monkeys, which vary in species, can be found in many locations throughout the African and Asian Continents. They can be found in most of Africa, central to southern Asia, India and Japan. They belong to family Cercopithecidae, which share a few characteristics with New World Monkey, unlike their location. There are two main subfamilies of Old World Monkeys. The first,…

The three main causes that have resulted in their reduction include bycatch in the fishing industry, habitat loss, and most importantly the over harvesting, poaching, and illegal trade of these animals (Henry 1). Bycatch occurs when the commercial fishing industry traps a species that is unwanted and is often harmed or killed in the process. A sea turtle…

Many do not posses much knowledge on palm oil; such as the ways it affects one’s health and how it is produced. Even though most are unfamiliar with these aspects of palm oil, they are most likely well acquainted with it and use it on a regular—if not daily— basis. Palm oil, although present in many everyday products, has immoral and unethical factors of production. Palm oil is a type of oil that comes from the fruit of palm trees. Many companies take advantage of the fact that palm oil is…

the greatest extinctions in the history of our planet. The last extinction as great as this was when the dinosaurs became extinct. We cover animal’s habitats with our homes and roads. We are also making these many species animals become extinct. The U.S is converting about 1.2 million acres of rural land into cities each year. Habitat fragmentation is a problem in the world, as it isolates a species population into subpopulations, that are too small for a group to survive, causing the…

Throughout the thousands of years of recorded human history, invasion has been a common practice among human beings. Whether it is the raiding of your sister’s wardrobe, or the conquest of another country, there are many common trends that can be observed in the act of unwelcomed human incursion. One example portraying invasive human behavior is in the epic of poems, The Odyssey, written by Homer and translated by Robert Fagles. Although the epic was written nearly three thousand years ago and…

increase in sexual activity” (EDGE of Existence, n.d.). Furthermore, since the Asian elephant is on the endangered species list there are major anthropogenic threats this species faces. Pre-eminent threats to the Asian elephant are habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation. We can conclude that humans are now moving and expanding into their territory. Poaching in another threat elephants must face. Elephants are poached for a number of reasons. For example, meat, tusks (ivory), and…