Patch structure within Brazilian Atlantic Forest fragments and implications for conservation

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 4 B, 2000, Pages 925-933

  Tabanez, André Augusto Jacinto ^a,b   Viana, Virgilio Maurício ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Brazil; Forest dynamics; Forest fragmentation; Tropical seasonal forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; PATCH DYNAMICS;

(SOUTHEAST); BRAZIL;

EID: 0034998088     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00630.x     Document Type: Article

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