Synergistic interactions between edge and area effects in a heavily fragmented landscape

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-106

  Ewers, Robert M ^a,b,d,e   Thorpe, Stephen ^c   Didham, Raphael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area effects; Coleoptera; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape ecology; Matrix habitat; New Zealand; Scale; Species area relationship; Synergistic interactions

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIALIST; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SYNERGISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34247159882     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[96:SIBEAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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