Live fences and landscape connectivity in a neotropical agricultural landscape

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-26

  León, Mario Chacón ^a   Harvey, Celia A ^a  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Cattle production systems; Costa Rica; Fragmented landscapes; Landscape structure; Linear elements

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PASTURE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; FRIO RIVER;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33748911190     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-005-5831-5     Document Type: Article

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