Not seeing the ocean for the islands: The mediating influence of matrix-based processes on forest fragmentation effects

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-20

  Kupfer, John A ^a,d   Malanson, George P ^b   Franklin, Scott B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Forest fragmentation; Habitat quality; Heterogeneity; Island biogeography; Matrix; Spatial landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644887478     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00204.x     Document Type: Review

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