Biodiversity and ecological value of conservation lands in agricultural landscapes of southern Ontario, Canada

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 657-670

  Milne, Robert J ^a   Bennett, Lorne P ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anuran; Avian; Biodiversity; Connectivity; Ecological value; Integrated assessment; Multifunctional; Patch size; Rarity; Sub watershed

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FROG; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PATCH SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; RARITY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NIAGARA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANURA; AVES;

EID: 34247575300     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-9063-5     Document Type: Article

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