Redefining roles: Plant community reorganization and species preservation in fragmented systems

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 111-116

  Kellman, Martin ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Edge effects; Extinction; Fragmentation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; EDGE EFFECT; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 0030440526     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997393     Document Type: Article

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