Chapter 4: Biodiversity, functional processes, and the ecological consequences of fragmentation in southwestern grasslands

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 135 RMRS-GTR, 2004, Pages 49-85

  Merola Zwartjes, Michele ^a  

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BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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