The intensification of agricultural practices in the second half of the 20th century has led to the fragmentation of former semi-natural habitats in agricultural landscapes (Stoate et al., 2001).
We review and compare well-studied examples of five large, infrequent disturbances (LIDs)-fire, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, and floods-in terms of the physical processes involved, the ...
Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 49, No. 3 (September 2015), pp. 377-387 (11 pages) Many snake species make lengthy linear migrations between overwintering sites and summer foraging or mating habitats.