Metapopulation extinction thresholds in rain forest remnants

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-189

  Zartman, Charles E ^a,b   Jonathan Shaw, A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bryophyte; Demography; Extinction; Fragmentation; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; EXTINCTION RISK; FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BRYOPHYTA; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33144471525     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499376     Document Type: Article

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