Patch size and isolation effects on epiphytic and epiphyllous bryophytes in the fragmented Brazilian Atlantic forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-427

  Pereira Alvarenga, Lisi Dámaris ^a   Pôrto, Kátia Cavalcanti ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bryophyte populations; Conservation; Diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIPHYTE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33751501481     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.08.031     Document Type: Article

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