Spatial and temporal patterns of forest loss and fragmentation in Mexico and Chile

Biodiversity Loss and Conservation in Fragmented Forest Landscapes: The Forests of Montane Mexico and Temperate South America

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 14-42

  Echeverria C ^a   Cayuela, L ^b   Manson, R H ^c   Coomes, D A ^d   Lara, A ^e   Rey Benayas, J M ^b   Newton, A C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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