Rethinking the conceptual foundations of habitat fragmentation research

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-170

  Didham, Raphael K ^a,b   Kapos, Valerie ^c,d   Ewers, Robert M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84855916279     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20273.x     Document Type: Article

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