The conservation value of linear forest remnants in central Amazonia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 241-247

  De Lima, Marcelo G ^a   Gascon, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; Corridors; Frogs; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape connectivity; Linear forest remnants; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RAINFOREST; RIPARIAN FOREST;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032695217     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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