Direct versus indirect effects of habitat fragmentation on community patterns in experimental landscapes

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 517-528

  With, Kimberly A ^a   Pavuk, Daniel M ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Community similarity; Diversity; Edge effects; Habitat loss; Insects; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDGE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HERB; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 84866317907     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2325-9     Document Type: Article

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