How many habitats do landscapes contain?

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1756-1764

  Knight, Thomas W ^a,b   Morris, Douglas W ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys; Density dependent habitat selection; Evolutionary theories of habitat selection; Habitat classification across landscapes; Habitat identification within landscapes; Hudson Bay Ontario; Isodar analysis; Landscapes; Northern wetlands

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RED-BACKED VOLE; SCALE;

CANADA, ONTARIO, HUDSON BAY LOWLAND;

CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI;

EID: 0030426471     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265781     Document Type: Article

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