Predicting the occurrence of endangered species in fragmented landscapes

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5281, 1996, Pages 1536-1538

  Wahlberg, Niklas ^a   Moilanen, Atte ^a   Hanski, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; MODELLING; POPULATION PERSISTENCE;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0029660363     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5281.1536     Document Type: Article

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52. We thank M. Pitkänen, J.-P. Bäckman, and members of the Tampere Entomological Society for help in the field. We are grateful to M. Singer and C. Thomas for useful comments on the manuscript. This study was funded by a grant from the Academy of Finland to I.H., the World Wide Fund for Nature of Finland, and the City of Tampere.