Forest Landscape Structure, Degradation and Condition: Some Commentary and Fundamental Principles

Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-145

  Franklin, Jerry F ^a   Swanson, Mark E ^a  

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecology; Ecosystems; Forest landscape; Landscape structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649117895     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692400.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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