Role of isolation and habitat quality in shaping species abundance: A test with badgers (Meles meles L.) in a gradient of forest fragmentation

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 381-389

  Virgós, Emilio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Habitat quality; Isolation; Landscape pattern; Meles meles

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST COVER; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MUSTELID;

EID: 0034950192     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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