Ecological consequences of habitat fragmentation: Implications for landscape architecture and planning

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-77

  Collinge, Sharon K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Environmental planning; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN IMPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND CONVERSION; LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PLANNING IMPLICATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030251306     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(96)00341-6     Document Type: Article

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