Wildlife dynamics in the changing New England landscape

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1337-1357

  Foster, David R ^a   Motzkin, Glenn ^a   Bernardos, Debra ^b   Cardoza, James ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c Division of Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal populations; Habitat change; Land use; Massachusetts; New England; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; HABITAT LOSS; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS LATRANS; CASTOR FIBER; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036816788     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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