Ecological consequences of forest fragmentation in the Klamath region

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 368-378

  Jules, Erik S ^a   Frost, Evan J ^b,e   Mills, L Scott ^c   Tallmon, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e Wildwood Environmental Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Extinction; Habitat fragmentation; Island biogeography; Klamath region

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

CLETHRIONOMYS CALIFORNICUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM OVATUM;

EID: 0032707916     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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