Avian biodiversity in multiple-use landscapes of the Brazilian Amazon

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 339-348

  Moura, Nárgila G ^a   Lees, Alexander C ^a   Andretti, Christian B ^b   Davis, Bradley J W ^c   Solar, Ricardo R C ^d,e   Aleixo, Alexandre ^a   Barlow, Jos ^e   Ferreira, Joice ^f   Gardner, Toby A ^g  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c Birding Mato Grosso   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Brazilian Forest Code; Forest disturbance; Landscape scale; Private lands; Tropical agriculture

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; DISTURBANCE; DRAINAGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; PLANTATION; PRIVATE LAND; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84885769038     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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