Habitat fragmentation sensitivity in mammals: A target selection for landscape planning comparing two different approaches (bibliographic review and expert based)

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 365-373

  Spinozzi, Federico ^a   Battisti, Corrado ^b   Bologna, Marco A ^c  

^a not available   (Italy)

^b Environmental Service   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Area effect; Central Italy; Ecological network; Edge effect; Expert based approach; Isolation; Mammals

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

AREA EFFECT; CENTRAL ITALY; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; EDGE EFFECT; EXPERT-BASED APPROACH; ISOLATION;

MAMMALS;

MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875870016     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-012-0184-2     Document Type: Review

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