Ecological changes in recent land-bridge islands in French Guiana, with emphasis on vertebrate communities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 213-222

  Cosson, J F ^a   Ringuet, S ^b   Claessens, O ^c   De Massary, J C ^c   Dalecky, A ^d   Villiers, J F ^e   Granjon, L ^c   Pons, J M ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Zoologie Reptiles Amphibiens Mus Natl d'H   (France)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^e Laboratoire de Phanèrogamie Mus Natl d'Hist Naturelle 16 R   (France)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; French Guiana; Land bridge islands; Tropical rainforest; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND; ISOLATION EFFECT; RAINFOREST; VERTEBRATE;

FRENCH GUIANA;

AVES; CHRISTIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032741069     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00091-9     Document Type: Article

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