Island theory, matrix effects and species richness patterns in habitat fragments

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 619-623

  Cook, William M ^a,b   Lane, Kurt T ^b   Foster, Bryan L ^b   Holt, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Island biogeography theory; Landscape matrix; Plant succession; Species richness patterns

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

EID: 0036743363     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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