Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest: Lessons from aging human-modified landscapes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2328-2340

  Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a   Aguiar, Antonio Venceslau ^b   Ribeiro, Milton Cezar ^c   Metzger, Jean Paul ^c   Peres, Carlos A ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity corridors; Edge effects; Endemism centers; Habitat fragmentation; Human modified landscapes; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; EDGE EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

EID: 77955921739     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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