Dispersal abilities and spatial patterns in fragmented landscapes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 935-947

  Alados, Concepción L ^a   Navarro, Teresa ^b   Komac, Benjamin ^a   Pascual, Virginia ^b   Rietkerk, Max ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Detrended fluctuating analyses; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DISPERSAL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION TYPE; VERTEBRATE; VULNERABILITY;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; CABO DE GATA-NIJAR NATURAL PARK; SPAIN;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954705055     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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