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Fragmentation (sociology), a term used in urban sociology; Feudal fragmentation, in European history; Habitat fragmentation, in an organism's preferred environment; Market fragmentation, the existence of multiple incompatible technologies in a single market segment; Population fragmentation, a form of population segregation
"fragmentation ... not only causes loss of the amount of habitat but by creating small, isolated patches it also changes the properties of the remaining habitat" (van den Berg et al. 2001) [failed verification]. Habitat fragmentation is the landscape level of the phenomenon, and patch level process.
In urban sociology, fragmentation refers to the absence or underdevelopment of connections between a society and the grouping of certain of its members. These connections may concern culture , nationality , race , language , occupation , religion , income level, or other common interests.
Fragmentation is a very common type of vegetative reproduction in plants. Many trees, shrubs, nonwoody perennials, and ferns form clonal colonies by producing new rooted shoots by rhizomes or stolons, which increases the diameter of the colony. If a rooted shoot becomes detached from the colony, then fragmentation has occurred. There are ...
Also called range fragmentation, disjunct distributions may be caused by changes in the environment, such as mountain building and continental drift or rising sea levels; it may also be due to an organism expanding its range into new areas, by such means as rafting, or other animals transporting an organism to a new location (plant seeds consumed by birds and animals can be moved to new ...
Political fragmentation is the division of the political landscape into so many different parties and groups that the governance might become inefficient. [1] Political fragmentation can apply to political parties, political groups or other political organisations. It is most often operationalized using the effective number of parliamentary ...
Fragmentation is the third and final step of cell disassembly during apoptosis (right side of scheme). [ 9 ] Apoptosis refers to the demise of cells by a specific form of programmed cell death , characterized by a well-defined sequence of morphological changes. [ 10 ]
Photodissociation, photolysis, photodecomposition, or photofragmentation is a chemical reaction in which molecules of a chemical compound are broken down by absorption of light or photons.