Conservation biology - Living on the edge

被引:16
作者
Brooks, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Copenhagen, Zool Museum, DK-1168 Copenhagen, Denmark
[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Zool, Cambridge, England
[3] Conservat Int, Ctr Appl Biodivers Sci, Washington, DC 20037 USA
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D O I
10.1038/47374
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Against conventional ecological wisdom, it seems that a species in decline will usually retreat to the edges of the area it once occupied. This is because human impacts, such as deforestation, tend to sweep all before them as they move across a landscape, overwhelming the previous ecological patterns.
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