The Cerrado into-pieces: Habitat fragmentation as a function of landscape use in the savannas of central Brazil

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1392-1403

  Carvalho, Fábio M V ^a   De Marco, Paulo ^a   Ferreira, Laerte G ^b  

^a Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Fragmentation indices; Land use patterns; Landscape structure

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; RELIEF; SAVANNA;

BRAZIL; GOIAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 67349227897     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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