The relative influence of habitat loss and fragmentation: Do tropical mammals meet the temperate paradigm?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2324-2333

  Thornton, Daniel H ^a   Branch, Lyn C ^a   Sunquist, Melvin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Mammal; Neotropics; Patch occupancy; Tropical vs. temperate models

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EDGE EFFECT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MAMMAL; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PARADIGM SHIFT; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051962943     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2124.1     Document Type: Review

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