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Shape of a remnant patch
- Shape tends to be important
only for relatively small areas
- There seems to be a size beyond
which shape does not matter
- For small remnants shape determines
perimeter-core ratio
- Long thin remnants have more
edge so are more open to edge effects
- Long thin remnants can lie on environmental
gradients and contain more habitats than a square reserve
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