Rapid avifaunal collapse along the Amazonian deforestation frontier

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-211

  Lees, Alexander C ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Brazil; Habitat quality; Rainforest; Remote sensing; Species area relationships

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DECLINE; REMOTE SENSING;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 33748715409     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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