Fragmaentation in the boreal forest and possible effects on terrestrial wildlife

NCASI Technical Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 959, 2008, Pages 1-69

  Wedeles, Chris ^a   Sleep, Darren J H ^b  

^a Arborvitae Environmental Services   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Configuration; Fragmentation; Habitat area loss; Landscape management; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONFIGURATION; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT AREA LOSS; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL SCALE;

ECOLOGY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149231454     PISSN: 08860882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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