Environmentally biased fragmentation of oak savanna habitat on southeastern Vancouver Island, Canada

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2576-2584

  Vellend, Mark ^a   Bjorkman, Anne D ^a   McConchie, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Conservation baselines; Indigenous land use; Oak savanna; Protected areas; Representativeness

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; ISLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; PROTECTED AREA; SAVANNA; SUCCESSION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 52049084795     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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