The future of tropical forest species

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-301

  Wright, S Joseph ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Conservation; Deforestation; Extinction; Habitat loss; Human population growth; Secondary forest; Tropical biodiversity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION GROWTH; REGENERATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646467989     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00154.x     Document Type: Review

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