A comparison of Eurasian red squirrel distribution in different fragmented landscapes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 649-662

  Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a,b,c   Andrén, Henrik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Grimsö Wildlife Research Station   (Sweden)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Incidence models; Predictive ability; Sciurus vulgaris; Thresholds in landscape attributes

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 0344672625     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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