Forest loss and fragmentation in the Amazon: Implications for wildlife conservation

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Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-45

  Laurance, William F ^a,b   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a   Lovejoy, Thomas E ^c  

^a Natl Inst for Res in the A   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; Brazil; Deforestation; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Hunting; Logging; Tropical rain forest; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033983631     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.2000.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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