Defragmentation in the Netherlands: A success story?

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-147

  Van Der Grift, Edgar A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Defragmentation; Ecological network; Habitat fragmentation; Population viability; Transport corridors; Transportation infrastructure; Wildlife passages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644947178     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.14.2.16     Document Type: Article

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