Predictors of forest fragmentation sensitivity in Neotropical vertebrates: A quantitative review

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Vetter, Daniela ^a   Hansbauer, Miriam M ^a   Végvári, Zsolt ^b   Storch, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FITNESS; FRAGMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GUILD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; NECTARIVORY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952483581     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06453.x     Document Type: Article

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