Avian life-history determinants of local extinction risk in a hyper-fragmented neotropical forest landscape

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-137

  Lees, A C ^a   Peres, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Brazil; Conservation; Extinction risk; Habitat fragmentation; Life history; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXTINCTION RISK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RAINFOREST;

AVES;

EID: 41549137413     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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