Forest fragmentation, synergisms and the impoverishment of neotropical forests

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1419-1425

  Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a   Cardoso Da Silva, José Maria ^b   Gascon, Claude ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Conservation International do Brasil ^*  (Brazil)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Logging; Neotropical forests; Species loss; Trees

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PREDICTION; SYNERGISM; TROPICAL FOREST;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2142654622     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000019398.36045.1b     Document Type: Article

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