Large Mammals in an Agroforestry Mosaic in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 818-825

  Cassano, Camila R ^a,b   Barlow, Jos ^c   Pardini, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Fragmentation; Matrix; Shade cacao plantation; Theobroma cacao; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; CANID; COCOA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST COVER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ATLANTIC FOREST; BAHIA; BRAZIL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DUSICYON THOUS; MAMMALIA; THEOBROMA CACAO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868646030     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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