Poor prospects for avian biodiversity in amazonian oil palm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Lees, Alexander C ^a   Moura, Nárgila G ^a   De Almeida, Arlete Silva ^a,b   Vieira, Ima C G ^a,b  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ELAEIS; HUMAN; PASTURE; PLANTATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

PALM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 84947504896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122432     Document Type: Article

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