Connectivity in urbanizing landscapes: The importance of habitat configuration, urban area size, and dispersal

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-42

  Bierwagen, Britta G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal distance; Habitat amount; Habitat configuration; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845970934     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-006-0011-6     Document Type: Article

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