Extinction thresholds for Sapotaceae due to forest cover in Atlantic Forest landscapes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 312, Issue , 2014, Pages 260-270

  Lima, Marília Mascarenhas ^a   Mariano Neto, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Extinction threshold; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BRAZILIAN ATLANTIC FORESTS; EXTINCTION THRESHOLD; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL TESTS; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HERB; KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE; NONLINEARITY; POLICY MAKING; SPECIES RICHNESS; THRESHOLD;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SURVEYS;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; SAPOTACEAE;

EID: 84888137035     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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