Biodiversity of tamaulipan thornscrub in relation to fragmentation
Tamaulipan thornscrub has often been removed in northeastern Mexico to give way to agriculture and induced grasslands for cattle. This results in over 90% of thorn scrub being either removed or severely modified, with a few remaining fragments varying in size and distance to nearby fragments (isolat...
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| Formato: | Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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1999
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| Acceso en línea: | http://eprints.uanl.mx/25714/1/264.pdf |
| Sumario: | Tamaulipan thornscrub has often been removed in northeastern Mexico to give way to agriculture and induced grasslands for cattle. This results in over 90% of thorn scrub being either removed or severely modified, with a few remaining fragments varying in size and distance to nearby fragments (isolation). Fragment size ranges from isolated trees in induced buffel grasslands to 300 ha of "continuous vegetation |
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