Controlling access to oil roads protects forest cover, but not wildlife communities: A case study from the rainforest of Yasuní Biosphere Reserve (Ecuador)

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 265-274

  Suarez E ^a   Zapata Rios G ^b,c   Utreras, V ^c   Strindberg, S ^d   Vargas, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e Min de Salud Publica del Ecuador   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ecuador; Hunting; Indigenous groups; Indirect impacts; Oil extraction; Roads

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUNTING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878451790     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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