Forest Fragmentation of the Conterminous United States: Assessing Forest Intactness through Road Density and Spatial Characteristics
Open Access
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 52 (5) , 411-422
- https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0411:ffotcu]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Over the past few centuries, widespread disturbance of native forests of the conterminous United States has dramatically altered the composition, structure, extKeywords
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