Land use vs. fragment size and isolation as determinants of small mammal composition and richness in Atlantic Forest remnants

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1191-1200

  Vieira, Marcus V ^a   Olifiers, Natalie ^b,c   Delciellos, Ana C ^a,d   Antunes, Vanina Z ^a,e   Bernardo, Luis R ^d   Grelle, Carlos E V ^a   Cerqueira, Rui ^a  

^a Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e Instituto BioAtlântica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Economic activity; Island biogeography; Marsupials; Matrix use; Rodents; Small fragments

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOLATION EFFECT; LAND USE; MARSUPIAL; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 63349111420     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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