Biodiversity and land-use change in the American Mountain West

Geographical Review

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 509-524

  Maestas, Jeremy D ^a   Knight, Richard L ^b   Gilgert, Wendell C ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Exurban development; Land use; Ranching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039740039     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2001.tb00238.x     Document Type: Article

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