Patterns of houses and habitat loss from 1937 to 1999 in northern Wisconsin, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2011-2023

  Gonzalez Abraham, Charlotte E ^a   Radeloff, Volker C ^a   Hawbaker, Todd J ^a   Hammer, Roger B ^b   Stewart, Susan I ^c   Clayton, Murray K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustered development; Disturbance zone; Exurban; Habitat loss; Housing growth; Rural sprawl

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT LOSS; HOUSING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORE (NONMARINE); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBANIZATION; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HOUSING; HUMANS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 39049157972     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1963.1     Document Type: Article

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