Patch characteristics and landscape context as predictors of species presence and abundance: A review

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-124

  Mazerolle, Marc J ^a,b   Villard, Marc André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Landscape ecology; Patches; Spatial scales; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032744374     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11952204     Document Type: Article

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