Edge effects in tropical dry forests of Madagascar: additivity or synergy?

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• 作者：Jay R. Malcolm ; Kim Valenta ; Shawn M. Lehman
• 关键词：Edge effects ; Forest fragmentation ; Additive edge effects ; Synergy between area and edge effects ; Tropical dry forest ; Madagascar ; Area effects ; Species–area relationships
• 刊名：Landscape Ecology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：32
• 期：2
• 页码：327-341
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• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Landscape Ecology; Ecology; Nature Conservation; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Sustainable Development; Environmental Management;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9761
• 卷排序：32

文摘

ContextThe study of habitat fragmentation is complex because multiple, potentially synergistic, ecological processes may be acting simultaneously. Further, edge effects themselves may be complex in that additivity from multiple edges can give rise to heterogeneous nearest–edge gradients.