Forest cover, extinction thresholds and time lags in woody plants (Myrtaceae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Resources for conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 3141-3163

  Rigueira, Dary Moreira Gonçalves ^a   da Rocha, Pedro Luís Bernardo ^a   Mariano Neto, Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Habitat loss; Local extinction; Long lived organisms; Species loss; Tropical Forest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; THRESHOLD; VEGETATION COVER;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84888220160     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0575-4     Document Type: Article

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