A framework for conceptualizing human effects on landscapes and its relevance to management and research models

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1282-1292

  McIntyre, S ^a   Hobbs, Richard ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

EID: 0032714988     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97509.x     Document Type: Article

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