Effects of landscape structure in Florida scrub: A population perspective

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 124-134

  Hokit, D Grant ^a,b   Stith, Bradley M ^a   Branch, Lyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CARROLL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant function; Dispersal; Florida scrub lizard; Habitat model; Habitat quality; Landscape ecology; Landscape structure; Logistic regression; Patch occupancy; Scrub; Six lined race runner; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIZARD; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ASPIDOSCELIS SEXLINEATA; CNEMIDOPHORUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS SEXLINEATUS; SCELOPORUS WOODI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0033081966     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0124:EOLSIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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