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"parcellation"
Keywords:
biogeography
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hilltops
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hilly
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archipelago
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former
Fragmentation; breaking apart a population into smaller, isolated units ("parcels" or "patches"), as when rising sea level converts a hilly island into an archipelago of former hilltops. See also island biogeography.
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Keywords:
division
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land
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increasing
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generation
the division into parcels; "the increasing parcellation of land with every generation"
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