Editing Habitat fragmentation (section)

===Natural causes===
Evidence of [[habitat destruction]] through natural processes such as [[volcanism]], fire, and [[climate variability and change|climate change]] is found in the fossil record.<ref name="SahneyBentonFerry2010LinksDiversityVertebrates" />{{Failed verification|date=February 2018}}Studies have demonstrated the impacts of individual species at the landscape level<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal |last1=McLachlan |first1=S.M |last2=Bazely |first2=D.R |date=October 2003 |title=Outcomes of longterm deciduous forest restoration in southwestern Ontario, Canada |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3207(02)00248-3 |journal=Biological Conservation |volume=113 |issue=2 |pages=159–169 |doi=10.1016/s0006-3207(02)00248-3 |bibcode=2003BCons.113..159M |issn=0006-3207|url-access=subscription }}</ref> For example, From research the results show that the impact of deer herbivory on forest plant communities can be observed at the landscape level at the Rondeau Provincial park for the period of 1955-1978<ref name="auto"/> and also,  [[Carboniferous rainforest collapse|habitat fragmentation of tropical rainforests in Euramerica]] 300 million years ago led to a great loss of amphibian diversity, but simultaneously the drier climate spurred on a burst of diversity among reptiles.<ref name="SahneyBentonFerry2010LinksDiversityVertebrates" />