Effects of land ownership and landscape-level factors on rare-species richness in natural areas of southern Ontario, Canada

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 621-633

  Lovett Doust, J ^a   Biernacki, M ^b   Page, R ^a   Chan, M ^a   Natgunarajah, R ^a   Timis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Habitat; Land ownership; Land use; Landscape level effects; Natural areas; Rare species fragmentation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; OWNERSHIP; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0344531063     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026028017696     Document Type: Article

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