Habitat patch and matrix effects on small-mammal persistence in Amazonian forest fragments

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1127-1147

  Santos Filho, Manoel ^a,b   Peres, Carlos A ^c   da Silva, Dionei J ^a,b   Sanaiotti, Tânia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Edge effects; Fragmentation; Marsupials; Matrix; Rodents; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATTLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEFORESTATION; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MARSUPIAL; MATRIX; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PASTURE; PATCHINESS; PERSISTENCE; PITFALL TRAP; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

BOS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857797662     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0248-8     Document Type: Article

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