Parallel declines in species and genetic diversity in tropical forest fragments

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 582-590

  Struebig, Matthew J ^a,b   Kingston, Tigga ^c   Petit, Eric J ^d   Le Comber, Steven C ^a   Zubaid, Akbar ^e   Mohd Adnan, Adura ^e   Rossiter, Stephen J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Allelic richness; Bat; Biodiversity; Conservation value; Habitat fragmentation; Oil palm; SLOSS; Species area relationship; Species genetic diversity correlation

Indexed keywords

ELAEIS;

EID: 79955950158     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01623.x     Document Type: Article

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