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The carbon cost of forest fragmentation: Size mattersForest conservation typically prioritizes total area, treating every hectare as interchangeable regardless of how the landscape is configured. Analyzing 17 million patches, Zou et al. reveal that per-area productivity rises superlinearly with patch size. Fragmentation can, therefore, erode carbon sequestration, exposing a hidden cost that challenges area-based conservation paradigms.dlvr.it