Increasing the Fragmentation of Natural Landscapes May Help Spread Disease

The modern natural world is an increasingly fragmented one, with islands of ecological integrity isolated in vast sprawls of human development. An environment arranged such a fashion, suggests a new study, may inadvertently fuel the spread of disease.

















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