Crowding (or crowding in the ark) is related to fragmentation since animal abundance often increase on the remaining habitats. However, I found only few (and too general) approaches on this phenomena. Can you help by suggesting papers on it?
Reuber this manuscript by MacReadie et al. 2010. Short‐term differences in animal assemblages in patches formed by loss and growth of habitat. Austral Ecology 35.5: 515-521., might be helpful.