Spatial arrangement of habitat patches and corridors: Clues from ecological field experiments

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 42, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 157-168

  Collinge, Sharon K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Landscape planning; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH SIZE;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032495197     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(98)00085-1     Document Type: Article

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