Fragmentation of continental United States forests

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 815-822

  Riitters, Kurt H ^a   Wickham, James D ^b   O'Neill, Robert V ^c   Jones, K Bruce ^b   Smith, Elizabeth R ^b   Coulston, John W ^d   Wade, Timothy G ^b   Smith, Jonathan H ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c O'Neill Consulting   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Forest ecology; Forest fragmentation; Landscape pattern; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SCALE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036983390     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0209-2     Document Type: Article

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