Habitat loss and fragmentation affecting mammal and bird communities-The role of interspecific competition and individual space use

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-98

  Buchmann, Carsten M ^a,b   Schurr, Frank M ^b   Nathan, Ran ^c   Jeltsch, Florian ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Foraging movement; Fractal landscapes; Individual based model; Locomotion costs

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPLEXITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOCOMOTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPACE USE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875237551     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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