Fragmentation of pine flatwood and marsh communities converted for ranching and citrus

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 159-169

  Pearlstine, Leonard G ^a,b   Brandt, Laura A ^a,b   Mazzotti, Frank J ^a   Kitchens, Wiley M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical habitat; Florida; Pine flatwood; Regional biodiversity; Terrestrial vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARSH; PINELAND; WETLAND;

FLORIDA; IMMOKALEE RISE; USA;

CITRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031573257     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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