Terrestrial mammal responses to edges in Amazonian forest patches: A study based on track stations

Mammalia

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-23

  Norris, Darren ^a,c   Peres, Carlos A ^a   Michalski, Fernanda ^a,b   Hinchsliffe, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Instituto Pró Carnívoros   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Habitat fragmentation; Herbivore; Mammal surveys; Neotropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; RODENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRACKING; TROPICAL FOREST; UNGULATE;

ALTA FLORESTA; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGOUTI PACA; DASYPROCTA LEPORINA; MAMMALIA; MAZAMA GOUAZOUPIRA; PECARI TAJACU; RODENTIA; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 40949113219     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2008.002     Document Type: Article

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