An index for defaunation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 163, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-41

  Giacomini, Henrique C ^a   Galetti, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Extinction; Hunting; Mammal communities; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUNTING; MAMMAL; MASS EXTINCTION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879175305     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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