Edge-Effect Interactions in Fragmented and Patchy Landscapes

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 509-519

  Porensky, Lauren M ^a,b   Young, Truman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Corridor; Habitat fragmentation; Heterogeneous landscapes; Landscape connectivity; Landscape ecology; Linkage; Matrix

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SAVANNA; THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AVES; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84878143976     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12042     Document Type: Article

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