Q: In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
author , peter preuss , stated that the possum 's population faltered in 1997 with current habitat -lrb- limited to a 50-square-kilometre area -rrb- under threat from logging.
A:
that possom 's limited habitat -lrb- 50 square-kilmetre due to logging -rrb- resulted in a stagnating population in 1997 according to author peter preuss.