A Study on the Influence of Landscape Fragmentation on Biodiversity

Landscape fragmentation is one of the major reasons which lead to the drastic degression or loss of biodiversity over the world.It blocked gene flow among populations, caused inbreeding depression; and altered bio-geographical environments the species depended on, and minished the living space of the species. On the other hand, fragmentation transformed the traits of ecosystems, affected energy balance and matter flow,and attracted invasion of extra-species. The paper described the above mentioned aspects in order to better understand the profound effects of landscape fragmentation on biodiversity.The issues or hot spots of future study in this field, as well as conservation approaches, were also discussed.