The effects of landscape variables on the species-area relationship during late-stage habitat fragmentation.

Few studies have focused explicitly on the later stages of the fragmentation process, or "late-stage fragmentation", during which habitat area and patch number decrease simultaneously. This lack of attention is despite the fact that many of the anthropogenically fragmented habitats around...

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Main Authors: Guang Hu, Jianguo Wu, Kenneth J Feeley, Gaofu Xu, Mingjian Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3427301?pdf=render