The fragmented Atlantic rain forest of Brazil: Size, shape and distribution of forest fragments

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 385-403

  Ranta, Pertti ^a   Blom, Tom ^b   Niemelä, Jari ^b   Joensuu, Elina ^a   Siitonen, Mikko ^a  

^a Metsätähti Ltd   (Finland)

^b Department of Geography ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Atlantic Brazil; Fragmentation; Isolation; Pernambuco; Rain forest; Tropical

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; FOREST FRAGMENT; MORPHOLOGY; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL, PERNAMBUCO STATE;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0031956274     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008885813543     Document Type: Article

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