Estimating the cumulative effects of development on wildlife habitat

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-36

  Theobald, David M ^a   Miller, James R ^a   Hobbs, N Thompson ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative effects; Urbanization; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT DISTURBANCE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIVE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; WILDLIFE HABITAT;

COLORADO; SUMMIT COUNTY; USA;

EID: 0031408622     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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