Species survival in fragmented landscapes: Where to from here?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 275-284

  Melbourne, Brett A ^a,d   Davies, Kendi F ^a,d   Margules, Chris R ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^b   Saunders, Denis A ^a   Wissel, Christian ^c   Henle, Klaus ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Focal species; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat modification; Metapopulation; Modelling; Population viability analysis; Rules of thumb; Traits

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0742323184     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000004321.58196.d8     Document Type: Review

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