Ecological responses to habitat edges: Mechanisms, models, and variability explained

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2004, Pages 491-522

  Ries, Leslie ^a   Fletcher Jr , Robert J ^b   Battin, James ^a   Sisk, Thomas D ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core area model; Ecological boundary; Ecotone; Edge effect; Effective area model; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

EID: 11244286484     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.35.112202.130148     Document Type: Review

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