Negative effects of tourism in a Brazilian Atlantic forest National Park

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-295

  Almeida Cunha, André ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Ecotourism; Neotropical birds; Neotropical mammals; Protected areas; Recreation ecology; Southern muriqui

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECOTOURISM; MAMMAL; MONTANE FOREST; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REFUGE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SERRA DOS ORGAOS NATIONAL PARK;

AVES; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956449866     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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