Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Biodiversity

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 34, Issue , 2003, Pages 487-515

  Fahrig, Lenore ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extinction threshold; Habitat configuration; Habitat loss; Landscape complementation; Landscape scale; Patch isolation; Patch size

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; ISOLATION EFFECT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH SIZE;

EID: 0842322908     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132419     Document Type: Review

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