The future of scattered trees in agricultural landscapes

Mature trees scattered throughout agricultural landscapes are critical habitat for some biota and provide a range of ecosystem services. These trees are declining in intensively managed agricultural landscapes globally. We developed a simulation model to predict the rates at which these trees are de...

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Veröffentlicht in:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. - 1989. - 22(2008), 5 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 1309-19
1. Verfasser: Gibbons, P (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Lindenmayer, D B, Fischer, J, Manning, A D, Weinberg, A, Seddon, J, Ryan, P, Barrett, G
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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