1.   But its numbers are still dropping because the forest fragments are too small.

2.   The edges of the forest fragments provide ideal habitat for small mammals, and their populations have exploded, providing a coyote buffet.

3.   The maples take enthusiastically to both the forest fragments and the deforested patches between.

4.   The researchers propose instead to move animals between forest fragments to increase genetic diversity within the central groups.

5.   They identified pairs of forest fragments connected by corridors of forest.