How habitat edges change species interactions

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-182

  Fagan, William F ^a,b   Cantrell, Robert Stephen ^c   Cosner, Chris ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape structure; Partial differential equations

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISPERSAL; EDGE EFFECT; MORTALITY; PATCH DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032991090     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303162     Document Type: Article

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