Experimental design and taxonomic scope of fragmentation studies on European mammals: Current status and future priorities

Mammal Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-154

  Mortelliti, Alessio ^a   Amori, Giovanni ^a   Capizzi, Dario ^b   Rondinini, Carlo ^a   Boitani, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Regional Park Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Landscape; Patch; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

EUROPE;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 77952577555     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2009.00157.x     Document Type: Review

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