How much habitat is enough?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-74

  Fahrig, L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal mortality; Emigration; Extinction threshold; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Landscape structure; Matrix quality; Population persistence; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0034951411     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00208-1     Document Type: Article

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