Habitat fragmentation and landscape change

Conservation Biology for All

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bennett, Andrew F ^a   Saunders, Denis A ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation; Ecosystem processes; Habitat destruction; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053604558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199554232.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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