Compactness versus interior-to-edge ratio; two approaches for habitat's ranking

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-26

  Imre, Attila R ^a  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Compactness; Diamond's rule; Fragmentation; Habitat; Interior to edge ratio; Landscape ecology; Ranking

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RANKING;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33745739944     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-006-5909-0     Document Type: Article

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