Landscape and patch attributes impacting medium- and large-sized terrestrial mammals in a fragmented rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 331-344

  Garmendia, Adriana ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Estrada, Alejandro ^b   Naranjo, Eduardo J ^c   Stoner, Kathryn E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

forest fragmentation; Lacandona; land use change; matrix quality; patch size; shape complexity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; COMPLEXITY; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; PATCHINESS; RAINFOREST;

CHIAPAS; LACANDONA FOREST; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84879829571     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467413000370     Document Type: Article

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