Fragmentation impacts caused by roads through rainforests

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1587-1595

  Goosem, Miriam ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Edge effects; Fragmentation; Rainforest; Road

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649033179     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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