Habitat fragmentation and the desiccation of forest canopies: A case study from eastern Amazonia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2763-2769

  Briant, Gaël ^a   Gond, Valéry ^b   Laurance, S G W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; Canopy desiccation; Deforestation; Drought; Edge effects; Fire prone; Habitat fragmentation; Remote sensing; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; FOREST EDGE; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; VULNERABILITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 77956802822     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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