Is habitat fragmentation bad for biodiversity?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 230, Issue , 2019, Pages 179-186

  Fahrig, Lenore ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b   Bennett, Joseph R ^a   Boucher Lalonde, Véronique ^c   Cazetta, Eliana ^d   Currie, David J ^e   Eigenbrod, Felix ^f   Ford, Adam T ^g   Harrison, Susan P ^h   Jaeger, Jochen A G ⁱ   Koper, Nicola ^j   Martin, Amanda E ^k   Martin, Jean Louis ^l   Metzger, Jean Paul ^m   Morrison, Peter ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan R ⁿ   Saunders, Denis A ^o   Simberloff, Daniel ^p   Smith, Adam C ^k   Tischendorf, Lutz ^q   Vellend, Mark ^c   Watling, James I ^r   more..

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^k ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^l UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^o CSIRO   (Australia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^q ELUTIS Modelling and Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^r JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Corridors; Cross scale extrapolation; Edge effect; Habitat diversity; Habitat fragmentation per se; Habitat loss; Landscape configuration; Landscape heterogeneity; Patch isolation; Patch size; SLOSS; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EDGE EFFECT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; PATCH SIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85059237016     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.12.026     Document Type: Short Survey

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