Land use and forest habitat distribution in the hinterland of a large city

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-307

  Matlack, Glenn R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Conservation; Forest edge; Forest fragmentation; Forest history; Land use history; Piedmont; Suburb; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030766885     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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