The cacao agroforests of the Brazilian Atlantic forest as habitat for the endangered maned sloth Bradypus torquatus

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-250

  Cassano, Camila Righetto ^a,b   Kierulff, Maria Cecília Martins ^c   Chiarello, Adriano G ^d  

^a Instituto de Estudos Socioambientais do Sul da Bahia IESB   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Pri Matas Para A Conservação da Biodiversidade   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cocoa plantation; Home range; Pilosa; Radio telemetry; Theobroma cacao; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARBOREAL SPECIES; COCOA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOME RANGE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PASTURE; PROTECTED AREA; RADIOTELEMETRY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BAHIA; BRAZIL; UNA BIOLOGICAL RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; BRADYPUS TORQUATUS; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA; SLOTHS; THEOBROMA CACAO; XENARTHRA;

EID: 79953164185     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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