Selecting terrestrial arthropods as indicators of small-scale disturbance: A first approach in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1220-1228

  Uehara Prado, Marcio ^a   Fernandes, Juliana de Oliveira ^a   Bello, Ayr de Moura ^b   Machado, Glauco ^c   Santos, Adalberto J ^d   Vaz de Mello, Fernando Zagury ^e   Freitas, André Victor Lucci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biociências ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Ecological indicator; Multi taxa; Species composition; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTHROPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ATLANTIC FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SCARABAEIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 63349110187     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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