Incorporating Edge Effects into Landscape Design and Management

Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation: Moving from Perspectives to Principles

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 149-164

  Sisk, Thomas D ^a  

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Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Ecological processes; Human activities; Land uses; Landscape design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889441397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692400.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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