habitat fragmentation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003029",
  "term": "habitat fragmentation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A process during which larger areas of habitat are broken into a number of smaller patches of smaller total area, isolated from each other by a matrix of habitats unlike the original habitat.",
  "synonyms": [
    "forest fragmentation",
    "forest fragments",
    "fragmented forests",
    "fragmented habitats",
    "habitat fragments"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "environmental degradation",
    "habitats",
    "biological corridors",
    "land degradation",
    "nestedness",
    "ecological traps",
    "habitat connectivity",
    "edge effects"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "fragmentación de hábitats"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/habitat-fragmentation/"
}