Los corredores aumentan la riqueza de especies vegetales a gran escala

Ellen I Damschen1, Nick M Haddad, John L Orrock

  • 1Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7617, USA. damschen@nceas.ucsb.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 2, 2006
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Resumen

Los corredores de hábitat preservan efectivamente las especies de plantas nativas en paisajes fragmentados, mostrando mayores beneficios con el tiempo sin promover especies invasoras. Esto apoya su uso en los esfuerzos de conservación de la biodiversidad.

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