Effects of landscape context on mammal richness in the urban forest mosaic of EThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa
The loss and fragmentation of natural habitats is a major threat to biodiversity globally. In fragmented landscapes, species are not only affected by patch-level attributes but also by the influence of the whole mosaic of landscape elements surrounding habitat patches. Therefore, it is important to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419304226 |