Isolation determines patterns of species presence in highly fragmented landscapes

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1018-1029

  Boscolo, Danilo ^a   Paul Metzger, Jean ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PATCH SIZE; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 83055179940     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06763.x     Document Type: Article

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