The influence of geomorphological heterogeneity on biodiversity: I. A patch-scale perspective

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 363-370

  Burnett, Michael R ^a   August, Peter V ^a   Brown Jr , James H ^a   Killingbeck, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

USA;

EID: 0031920230     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96238.x     Document Type: Article

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