Road networks predict human influence on Amazonian bird communities

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1795, 2014, Pages

  Ahmed, Sadia E ^a,b   Lees, Alexander C ^c   Moura, Nárgila G ^c   Gardner, Toby A ^d,e   Barlow, Jos ^c,f   Ferreira, Joice ^g   Ewers, Robert M ^b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^d STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biodiversity; Development; Forest birds; Infrastructure; Road density; Road effects

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CATCHMENT; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MORTALITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADKILL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; METHODS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION;

BELTERRA; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SANTAREM [PARA];

AVES;

EID: 84908126149     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1742     Document Type: Article

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