A classification of ecological boundaries

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 723-729

  Strayer, David L ^a   Power, Mary E ^b   Fagan, William F ^c   Pickett, Steward T A ^a   Belnap, Jayne ^d  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Ecotones; Edges; Landscape ecology; Patches

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042655205     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0723:ACOEB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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