Tree functional group richness and landscape structure in a brazilian tropical fragmented landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1147-1161

  Metzger, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Boundary complexity; Brazil, southeast; Forest connectivity; Forest fragmentation; Functional group analysis; Landscape extent; Landscape mosaic complexity; Landscape structure; Tree species diversity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034484468     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[1147:TFGRAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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