Pervasive defaunation of forest remnants in a tropical biodiversity hotspot

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Canale, Gustavo R ^a,b   Peres, Carlos A ^c   Guidorizzi, Carlos E ^d   Gatto, Cassiano A Ferreira ^e   Kierulff, Maria Cecília M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Instituto Chico Mendes   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CALLITRICHINAE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAUNA; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; LINEAR MODELS; PLANTS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84865048304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041671     Document Type: Article

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