Habitat connectivity improves reserve performance

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-63

  Olds, Andrew D ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^a   Pitt, Kylie A ^a   Maxwell, Paul S ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Conservation planning; Coral reef; Ecosystem function; Fish; Landscape; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861848996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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