Predicting the uncertain future of tropical forest species in a data vacuum

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  Gardner, Toby A ^a   Barlow, Jos ^a,b   Parry, Luke W ^a,c   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Predictions; Research; Secondary forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846059819     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00228.x     Document Type: Note

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