Current status of vertebrate diversity in anthropogenic and natural ecosystems in south-western Sri Lanka

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-389

  Gamage, S N ^a   Weerakoon, D K ^b   Gunawardena, A ^c  

^a Land Owners Restore Rainforest in Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Fragmentation; Linking forest fragments; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155195823     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v39i4.3886     Document Type: Article

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