Birds in anthropogenic landscapes: The responses of ecological groups to forest loss in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Morante Filho, José Carlos ^a   Faria, Deborah ^a   Mariano Neto, Eduardo ^b   Rhodes, Jonathan ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FOREST; HABITAT; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; CARNIVORY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HERBIVORY; HUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TREE;

AVES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BRAZIL; CARNIVORY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; HERBIVORY; HUMANS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TREES;

EID: 84939126147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128923     Document Type: Article

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