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A Meta-Analytic Review of Corridor Effectiveness

  1. LYNNE GILBERT-NORTON1,
  2. RYAN WILSON1,
  3. JOHN R. STEVENS2,
  4. KAREN H. BEARD3,*

Article first published online: 19 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01450.x

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Conservation Biology

Conservation Biology

Volume 24, Issue 3, pages 660–668, June 2010

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GILBERT-NORTON, L., WILSON, R., STEVENS, J. R. and BEARD, K. H. (2010), A Meta-Analytic Review of Corridor Effectiveness. Conservation Biology, 24: 660–668. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01450.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5230, U.S.A.

  2. 2

    Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-3900, U.S.A.

  3. 3

    Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5230, U.S.A.

*Address correspondence to: K. H. Beard, email karen.beard@usu.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 MAY 2010
  2. Article first published online: 19 FEB 2010
  3. Paper submitted July 15, 2009; revised manuscript accepted October 14, 2009.

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