Mapping terrestrial anthropogenic degradation on the inhabited islands of the Galapagos Archipelago

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Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-82

  Watson, James ^a   Trueman, Mandy ^b   Tufet, Marta ^b   Henderson, Scott ^c   Atkinson, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^c Conservation International ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Degradation; Galapagos; Habitat loss; Invasive species; Spatial analysis; Vegetation zone

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMISM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; CINCHONA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; RUBUS NIVEUS; SYZYGIUM JAMBOS;

EID: 77950795558     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990226     Document Type: Article

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