Tree species composition and similarity in semideciduous forest fragments of southeastern Brazil

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-277

  dos Santos, Karin ^a   Kinoshita, Luiza Sumiko ^a   Santos, Flávio A M dos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Disturbance; Fragment area; Habitat fragmentation; NMS ordination; Species loss

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FRAGMENTATION; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TREE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845495656     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.027     Document Type: Article

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