Effects of patch attributes, barriers, and distance between patches on the distribution of a rock-dwelling rodent (Lagidium viscacia)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Walker, R Susan ^a,b   Novaro, Andrés J ^b   Branch, Lyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Barriers; Chinchillidae; Habitat quality; Isolation; Lagidium; Matrix; Metapopulation; Mountain vizcacha; Patagonia; Patch size

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; METAPOPULATION; PATCH SIZE; PREDICTION; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINCHILLIDAE; LAGIDIUM; LAGIDIUM VISCACIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038380646     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024408400263     Document Type: Article

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