A predictive model of edge effects

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2917-2926

  Ries, Leslie ^a,b   Sisk, Thomas D ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological boundary; Ecotone; Edge responses; Habitat edge; Predictive model; Resource distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EDGE EFFECT; PREDICTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

AVES;

EID: 9244229587     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-8021     Document Type: Review

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