Fragmentation of China's landscape by roads and urban areas

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 839-853

  Li, Taian ^a   Shilling, Fraser ^b   Thorne, James ^b   Li, Fengmin ^a   Schott, Heidi ^b   Boynton, Ryan ^b   Berry, Alison M ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Effective mesh size; Fragmentation; Roads; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MAMMAL; MESH SIZE; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CALIFORNIA; CHINA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953539840     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9461-6     Document Type: Article

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