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While habitat fragmentation is widely recognized as one of the leading causes of species extinctions, the mechanisms underlying these extinctions remain poorly resolved. The Feeley Lab is investigating the effects of habitat fragmentation on tropical floral and faunal communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb283b365a7076033e1578e/1547130254415-XJ04U1GAM4ZE7VIW1UDB/Peru2015_06.jpg Research - Forest Dynamics in a Changing World The Feeley Lab is working to understand how global change affects the dynamics, structure and composition of forests worldwide and the subsequent impacts on ecosystem services. This research combines large-scale, long-term analyses of networked plots and online collections records with directed field experiments and observations to determine how tropical forests are changing over time. This information is then used to predict possible forest changes under scenarios of global climate change. 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