Recovery of soil macrofauna communities after forest clearance in Eastern Amazonia, Brazil

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1598-1605

  Mathieu, J ^a   Rossi, J P ^b   Mora, P ^a   Lavelle, P ^c   Martins, P F D S ^d   Rouland, C ^c   Grimaldi, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d FCAP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deforestation; Smallholders; Soil recovery potential

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST CLEARANCE; RECOVERY; SOIL FAUNA;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 28344446965     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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