Effects of habitat and landscape fragmentation on humans and biodiversity in densely populated landscapes

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2959-2968

  Di Giulio, Manuela ^a   Holderegger, Rolf ^a   Tobias, Silvia ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Human well being; Landscape indices; Landscape preferences; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ECOLOGICAL PROBLEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN WELL-BEING; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE INDEX; LANDSCAPE PREFERENCES; URBAN ECOLOGY; WELL BEING;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 67651165026     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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