Edge-related loss of tree phylogenetic diversity in the severely fragmented brazilian atlantic forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Santos, Bráulio A ^a,b   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b   Moreno, Claudia E ^c   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT PATCHINESS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE GROWTH; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 77958594700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012625     Document Type: Article

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