Forest loss or management intensification? Identifying causes of mammal decline in cacao agroforests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-22

  Cassano, Camila Righetto ^a,b,c   Barlow, Jos ^d   Pardini, Renata ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Estudos Socioambientais do Sul da Bahia   (Brazil)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agroforestry system; Domestic dog invasion; Landscape management; Occupancy model; Shade management; Wildlife friendly agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGROFORESTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANID; CONNECTIVITY; DEFORESTATION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL PLANNING; POPULATION DECLINE; SHADING; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BAHIA; BRAZIL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84888023673     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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