The effect of fragment shape and species' sensitivity to habitat edges on animal population size: Contributed papers

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 926-936

  Ewers, Robert M ^a,b,c   Didham, Raphael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core habitat; Density area relationship; Edge effects; Fragment area; Habitat fragmentation; Individuals area relationship; Population density; Shape index

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447503554     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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