Conservation of highly fragmented systems: The north temperate Alexander Archipelago

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Cook, Joseph A ^a   Dawson, Natalie G ^a   MacDonald, Stephen O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Corridor; Endemic; Insular; Invasive; Island; Mammals; Phylogeography; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEGLACIATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIAL HISTORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALASKA; ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748571485     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.026     Document Type: Review

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