Associations of Forest Cover, Fragment Area, and Connectivity with Neotropical Understory Bird Species Richness and Abundance

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1100-1111

  Martensen, Alexandre Camargo ^a,b   Ribeiro, Milton Cezar ^a,c   Banks Leite, Cristina ^a,d   Prado, Paulo Inácio ^a   Metzger, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Taki Ambiental   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Corridors; Fragment size; Fragmentation; Thresholds; Tropical landscapes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; CONNECTIVITY; FOREST COVER; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; THRESHOLD; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

AVES;

EID: 84868661924     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01940.x     Document Type: Article

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