Are forested buffers an effective conservation strategy for riparian fauna? An assessment using meta-analysis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-134

  Marczak, Laurie B ^a,b   Sakamaki, Takashi ^a   Turvey, Shannon L ^a   Deguise, Isabelle ^a   Wood, Sylvia L R ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ORGANISM; ARTHROPOD; BIRD; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; META-ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN FOREST; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; TREE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES;

EID: 77649143610     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2064.1     Document Type: Article

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