Fragmentation and internal disturbance of native vegetation reserves in the Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-401

  Stenhouse, Renae N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fragmentation; Patch ecology; Urban bushlands

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LAND USE; VEGETATION; WASTES;

FRAGMENTATION; REMNANT VEGETATION;

URBAN PLANNING;

DISTURBANCE; FRAGMENTATION; GREENSPACE; NATURE CONSERVATION; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1842486043     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(03)00151-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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