This volume synthesizes the perspectives of several disciplines such as ecology anthropology economy and conservation biology the chief goal is to gain an understanding of how human and ecological processes interact to affect ecosystem functions and species in the americas throughout the text the emphasis is placed on habitat fragmentation. North and south america share similar human and ecological histories and increasingly economic and social linkages as such issues of ecosystem functions and disruptions form a common thread among these cultures this volume synthesizes the perspectives of several disciplines such as ecology anthropology economy and conservation biology. Abstract as we stated in our introduction this collection of chapters was intended to characterize human disturbance in relation to the fragmentation of american landscapes and to help integrate concepts from several disciplines including ecology anthropology theoretical ecology and conservation biology all of which are necessary in order to create a common and comprehensive framework . Request pdf how landscapes change human disturbance and ecosystem fragmentation in the americas north and south america share similar human and ecological histories and increasingly . How landscapes change human disturbance and ecosystem fragmentation in the americas