Integrating landscape ecology and conservation physiology

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Ellis, Rebecca D ^a   McWhorter, Todd J ^b   Maron, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body condition; Chronic stress; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat quality; Macrophysiology; Physiological indicators; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY CONDITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 83555178451     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9671-6     Document Type: Review

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