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])