Islands of fear: Effects of wooded patches on habitat suitability of the striped mouse in a South African grassland

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1313-1322

  Abu Baker, Mohammad A ^a   Brown, Joel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecotones; Edge effects; Geographic information system; Giving up density; Habitat suitability; Management; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTONE; EDGE EFFECT; GIS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH SIZE; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; TRAPPING; VEGETATION COVER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO;

EID: 78649591286     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01757.x     Document Type: Article

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