Continuous response functions for quantifying the strength of edge effects

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 527-536

  Ewers, Robert M ^a,b,c,d   Didham, Raphael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecotones; Edge effect; Edge effect penetration distance; Extent; Habitat fragmentation; Logistic model; Magnitude; Patch boundary; Scale; Unimodal model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EDGE EFFECT; LANDSCAPE; STATISTICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 33646594086     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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