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Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation: a synthesis

  1. Joern Fischer*,
  2. David B. Lindenmayer

Article first published online: 7 FEB 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00287.x

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Volume 16, Issue 3, pages 265–280, May 2007

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Fischer, J. and Lindenmayer, D. B. (2007), Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation: a synthesis. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16: 265–280. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00287.x

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  1. Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

* *Correspondence: Joern Fischer, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia. E-mail: joern@cres.anu.edu.au

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