Conceptualization and measurement of habitat fragmentation from the primates' perspective

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 497-514

  Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a,b   Mandujano, Salvador ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fragment; Habitat loss; Landscape ecology; Metapopulations

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METAPOPULATION; PRIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

PRIMATES;

EID: 67349203844     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-009-9355-0     Document Type: Article

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