Assessing sampling biases in logging impact studies in tropical forests

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-34

  Laufer, Juliana ^a   Michalski, Fernanda ^a,b   Peres, Carlos A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAPÁ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Pro Carnivoros   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fauna; Forest management; Sampling design; Selective logging; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875198672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291300600106     Document Type: Review

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