Vertebrate responses to surface wildfires in a central Amazonian forest

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Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-109

  Peres, Carlos A ^a   Barlow, Jos ^a   Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Disturbance; Fire; Flammability; Forest; Hunting; Selective logging; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTEBRATE; WILDFIRE;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037898208     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605303000188     Document Type: Article

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