Loss of habitat and connectivity erodes species diversity, ecosystem functioning, and stability in metacommunity networks

Ecography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 98-108

  Thompson, Patrick L ^a   Rayfield, Bronwyn ^b   Gonzalez, Andrew ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; METAPOPULATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 85007326830     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02558     Document Type: Article

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