Atlantic forest fragmentation analysis and landscape restoration management scenarios

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Zanella, Lisiane ^a,b   Borém, Rosângela Alves Tristão ^a   Souza, Carolina Gusmão ^a,b   Alves, Helena Maria Ramos ^c   Borém, Flávio Meira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA DE MINAS GERAIS EPAMIG   (Brazil)

^c Vila Gianetti   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Landscape ecology; Landscape metrics; Management scenarios

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875155419     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2012.010     Document Type: Article

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