The forest fragments left uncut in Figure 12.14 are sometimes compared with islands. What are some ways in which this is an appropriate comparison? Some ways in which it is not?
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(a) (b) FIGURE 12.14 (a) A satellite image showing clearings in the tropical rain forests in the Amazon in Brazil. The image is in false infrared. Rivers appear black, and the bright red is the leaves of the living rain forest. The straight lines of other colors, mostly light blue to gray, are of deforestation by people extending from roads. Much of the clearing is for agriculture. The distance across the image is about 100 km (63 mi). (b) An intact South American rain forest with its lush vegetation of many species and a complex vertical structure. This one is in Peru. (a) (b) FIGURE 12.14 (a) A satellite image showing clearings in the tropical rain forests in the Amazon in Brazil. The image is in false infrared. Rivers appear black, and the bright red is the leaves of the living rain forest. The straight lines of other colors, mostly light blue to gray, are of deforestation by people extending from roads. Much of the clearing is for agriculture. The distance across the image is about 100 km (63 mi). (b) An intact South American rain forest with its lush vegetation of many species and a complex vertical structure. This one is in Peru.

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