Anthropogenic modulators of species-area relationships in Neotropical primates: A continental-scale analysis of fragmented forest landscapes

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1339-1352

  Benchimol, Maíra ^a,b   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Hunting; Local extinction; Matrix; Neotropics; Primates; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUNTING; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PERSISTENCE; PRIMATE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARGENTINA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84885382655     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12111     Document Type: Article

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