Forest fragmentation and biodiversity: The case for intermediate-sized conservation areas

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 290-297

  Zuidema, Pieter A ^a   Sayer, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Dijkman, Wim ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Edge effects; Forest conservation; Forest fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SPECIES;

EID: 0030437778     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s037689290003914x     Document Type: Article

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