Bryophytes in a changing landscape: The hierarchical effects of habitat fragmentation on ecological and evolutionary processes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-325

  Pharo, Emma J ^a   Zartman, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Dispersal; Edge; Forest; Fragmentation; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRYOPHYTE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; METAPOPULATION; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33846054614     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.016     Document Type: Review

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