Corridors as conduits for small animals: Attainable distances depending on movement pattern, boundary reaction and corridor width

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 603-611

  Tischendorf, Lutz ^a   Wissel, Christian ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CORRIDOR WIDTH; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0030617637     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546904     Document Type: Article

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