Effects of Matrix Characteristics and Interpatch Distance on Functional Connectivity in Fragmented Temperate Rainforests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-247

  Magrach, Ainhoa ^a   Larrinaga, Asier R ^a   Santamaría, Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological connectivity; Intervening matrix; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; FRUIT SET; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; ORNITHOPHILY; PATCH USE; PERSISTENCE; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; TREE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; TREES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ELAENIA; ELAENIA ALBICEPS; SEPHANOIDES SEPHANIODES; TROCHILIDAE; TURDIDAE; TURDUS FALKLANDII;

EID: 84858811256     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01818.x     Document Type: Article

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