Habitat loss and fragmentation as the primary driver of biodiversity decline

What this note covers

1. Defining habitat loss and fragmentation
2. Ecological mechanisms: island biogeography, edge effects and reduced gene flow
3. Land clearing in Australia: scale, history and legislative context
4. Urbanisation as a fragmentation driver: south-east Queensland koala habitat case study
5. Agriculture and habitat simplification: the Western Australian wheatbelt
6. IUCN Red List data and measuring extinction risk
7. Responses, mitigation strategies and evaluating their effectiveness

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