Edge influence on forest structure and composition in fragmented landscapes

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 768-782

  Harper, Karen A ^a,j   Macdonald, S Ellen ^b   Burton, Philip J ^c   Chen, Jiquan ^d   Brosofske, Kimberley D ^e   Saunders, Sari C ^e   Euskirchen, Eugénie S ⁱ   Roberts, Dar ^f   Jaiteh, Malanding S ^g   Esseen, Per Anders ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Created edges; Edge effects; Forest edge; Fragmentation; Landscape processes; Plant communities; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

EID: 20044382697     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00045.x     Document Type: Review

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