Common use of Loss, Destruction, Modification, or Fragmentation of Habitat Clause in Contracts

Loss, Destruction, Modification, or Fragmentation of Habitat. Because the range of the species was not formally described until 1997, it is difficult to determine the extent of habitat loss range-wide. Increased fragmentation of shinnery oak-dune habitat from removal of shinnery oak for agriculture, cattle grazing, and oil and gas development may isolate SDL populations, increasing the likelihood of extinction (Xxxxx et al. 1997). Habitat disturbance has already occurred within the range of the species, and there is little doubt that the current distribution and range is a small, but unquantified part of its historic range (Xxxxx et al.

Loss, Destruction, Modification, or Fragmentation of Habitat. ‌ Because the range of the species was not formally described until 1997, it is difficult to determine the extent of habitat loss range-wide. Increased fragmentation of shinnery oak-dune habitat from removal of shinnery oak for agriculture, cattle grazing, and oil and gas development may isolate SDL populations, increasing the likelihood of extinction (Xxxxx et al. 1997). Habitat disturbance has already occurred within the range of the species, and there is little doubt that the current distribution and range is a small, but unquantified part of its historic range (Xxxxx et al.