Connecting science, policy, and implementation for landscape-scale habitat connectivity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 950-961

  Brodie, Jedediah F ^a   Paxton, Midori ^b   Nagulendran, Kangayatkarasu ^c   Balamurugan, G ^d   Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben ^e,f,g   Reynolds, Glen ^h   Jain, Anuj ⁱ   Hon, Jason ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^d Malaysia

^e Rimba   (Malaysia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^h Danum Valley Field Centre   (Malaysia)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^j Malaysia

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Author keywords

bosque tropical; corredor de vida silvestre; deforestaci n; deforestation; extinci n; extinction; habitat loss; Malasia; Malaysia; metacommunity; metacomunidad; metapoblaci n; metapopulation; persistence; persistencia; p rdida de h bitat; Southeast Asia; sureste de Asia; tropical forest; wildlife corridor

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXTINCTION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; METAPOPULATION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE;

ASIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORESTS; MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE;

BHUTAN; MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 85027933797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12667     Document Type: Review

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