Long-term persistence of midsized to large-bodied mammals in Amazonian landscapes under varying contexts of forest cover

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2421-2439

  Sampaio, Ricardo ^a   Lima, Albertina P ^a   Magnusson, William E ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonian wildlife; Forest disturbance; Forest fragmentation; Hunting; Local extinction; Mammals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUNTING; LINE TRANSECT; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SAVANNA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AMAZONIA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954029726     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9848-3     Document Type: Article

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