Habitat loss and mammalian extinction patterns: Are the reserves in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, southeastern Brazil, effective in conserving mammals?

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 935-947

  Morcatty, Thaís Queiroz ^a,b   El Bizri, Hani Rocha ^a,b   Carneiro, Hellem Cristina Silva ^a   Biasizzo, Rodrigo Ludolf ^a   de Alméri, Cândida Radicchi Oliveira ^a   da Silva, Ericson Sousa ^a   Rodrigues, Flávio Henrique Guimarães ^a   Figueira, José Eugênio Côrtes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL MAMIRAUÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Habitat loss; Habitat remnants; Inventory; Species area relation; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84888307613     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1076-3     Document Type: Article

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