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Title: The Structural Connectivity Threshold: an Hypothesis in Conservation Biology at the Landscape Scale.

Authors: Metzger, J. P., and H. Decamps.

Citation: Metzger, J. P., and H. Decamps. 1997. The Structural Connectivity Threshold: an Hypothesis in Conservation Biology at the Landscape Scale. Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology 18, no. 1: 1-12.

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