This report addresses the implications of continued changes in land use for the natural resources of the New York-New Jersey Highlands. It concludes that land use change is transforming the Highlands directly through land conversion and indirectly through habitat fragmentation. The multiple parts of the report can be downloaded from the web page.
http://crssa.rutgers.edu/projects/highlands/
Year: 2002
Author(s): Martina C. Hoppe and Marcus G. Phelps
Organization/Source: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Topic tags: Strategic Conservation Planning