Improving the design and management of forest strips in human-dominated tropical landscapes: A field test on Amazonian dung beetles

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 779-788

  Barlow, Jos ^a   Louzada, Julio ^b   Parry, Luke ^a   Hernández, Malva I M ^c   Hawes, Joseph ^d   Peres, Carlos A ^d   Vaz de Mello, Fernando Z ^e   Gardner, Toby A ^f  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Fragmentation; Isolation; Jari; Mammals; Scarabaeinae; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

COLEOPTERA; MAMMALIA; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 77954371538     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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