Measuring the response of animals to contemporary drivers of fragmentation

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1080-1090

  Fleishman, Erica ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTEMPORARY DRIVERS; EXURBANIZATION; LANDSCAPE-SCALE PROCESS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REMOTE SENSING;

ANIMALS;

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VIABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38349068893     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-093     Document Type: Review

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