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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Main Authors: Manqoba M. Zungu, Mfundo S.T. Maseko, Riddhika Kalle, Tharmalingam Ramesh, Colleen T. Downs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419304226