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An influential definition of this process was presented in Wilcox and Murphy’s paper on its consequences, which took Jared Diamond’s side in an ongoing debate. Decades-long experiments at the BDFFP have shown that this process causes hyperdynamism. An ongoing project studying this process was started by Thomas Lovejoy in 1979 to challenge the assumption that this process produces the nested species assemblage (10[1])seen in the works of E. O. Wilson. This process produces a matrix of ecotones that facilitate the invasion (10[1])as the ratio of edge to interior increases. (10[3])Metapopulations (10[2])formed (10[1])by this process have subsets (10[1])that are (10[1])each (10[2])more susceptible to extinction. (10[3])This process occurs as roads and (10[1]-5[1])farmland create (-5[1])artificial transects through an ecosystem. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])process in which a habitat is divided (10[1])into smaller pieces. ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

ANSWER: habitat fragmentation [accept population fragmentation; prompt on habitat loss, habitat destruction, habitat degradation, ecosystem disturbance, deforestation, or forest clearing]
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Ryan HumphreyTexasStanford6110
Ashish SubramanianDukeColumbia B8010
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Charles HangWUSTL APurdue8810
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AWaterloo8810
Rosa XiaCornell BMcGill8910
Graham CopeFloridaToronto B8910
Mason YuBrownToronto A9010
David BassJohns HopkinsMaryland9510
Liam StarnesChicago CBerkeley B9710
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Matt JacksonChicago AColumbia A9810
Andrew WangIllinoisYale A10210
Donal RyanTruman StateHarvard10210
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Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BMinnesota B10810
Joseph ChambersVirginiaOttawa108-5
Raymond WangCornell AChicago B110-5
Todd MaslykMichiganIowa State115-5
Lexi TermanRutgersYale B11510
Vishal KanigicherlaPennArizona State12010
Danila KabotyanskiIndianaMinnesota A12710
Cory SmithKentuckyChicago D1310
John MarvinChicago BCornell A1310
Ezra SantosChicago DKentucky1310
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMichigan13110
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