The value of primary, secondary, and plantation forests for a neotropical herpetofauna

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 775-787

  Gardner, Toby A ^a   Ribeiro Júnior, Marco Antônio ^b   Barlow, Jos ^a,b   Ávila Pires, Teresa Cristina Sauer ^b   Hoogmoed, Marinus S ^b   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Human dominated landscapes; Land use change; lizards; Plantations; Primary forest; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HERPETOFAUNA; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; LIZARD; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIZARD; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARDS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; JARI RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; EUCALYPTUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34249098657     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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