Boundary processes between a desert sand dune community and an encroaching suburban landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 486-494

  Barrows, Cameron W ^a,b   Allen, Michael F ^a   Rotenberry, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Natural Lands Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic boundary processes; Desert aeolian sand community; Edge effect; Flat tailed horned lizard; Loggerhead shrike: Predation

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; DESERT; DUNE; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT SELECTION; LIZARD; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY; SUBURBAN AREA;

AVES; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS DESERTI; FORMICIDAE; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS; PHRYNOSOMA; PHRYNOSOMA MCALLII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745173778     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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