Effects of Reduced-Impact Logging on Fish Assemblages in Central Amazonia: Contributed Paper

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 278-286

  Dias, Murilo S ^a   Magnusson, William E ^a   Zuanon, Jansen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia, deforestation; Fish fauna; Ichthyofauna; Logging; Management; Streams

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLEARCUTTING; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LOGGING (TIMBER); LONG-TERM CHANGE; PH; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; FORESTRY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FORESTRY; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMAZONIA;

HEMIGRAMMUS; PYRRHULINA BREVIS;

EID: 74549181404     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01299.x     Document Type: Article

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