A Multi-Taxa Assessment of Biodiversity Change After Single and Recurrent Wildfires in a Brazilian Amazon Forest

Biotropica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 170-180

  Silveira, Juliana M ^a   Louzada, Julio ^a,b   Barlow, Jos ^b   Andrade, Rafael ^c   Mestre, Luiz ^c,d   Solar, Ricardo ^e   Lacau, Sébastien ^f   Cochrane, Mark A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community structure; Distance based linear model; Multivariate dispersion; Par state

Indexed keywords

ANT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LAND MANAGEMENT; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION COVER; WILDFIRE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL];

AVES; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84960303196     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12267     Document Type: Article

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