Effect of habitat fragmentation on the extinction threshold: A synthesis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 346-353

  Fahrig, Lenore ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dispersal mortally; Extinction; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Metapopulation; Population persistence; Spatial models; Threshold, population extinction

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS;

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EID: 0036557552     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0346:eohfot]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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