A conceptual model of land conversion processes: Predictions and evidence from a microlandscape experiment with grassland insects

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-84

  Collinge, Sharon K ^a,b   Forman, Richard T T ^a,b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; LAND USE CHANGE;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031801545     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546918     Document Type: Article

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