Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

Nature

Volumn 535, Issue 7610, 2016, Pages 144-147

  Barlow, Jos ^a,b,c   Lennox, Gareth D ^a   Ferreira, Joice ^d   Berenguer, Erika ^a   Lees, Alexander C ^b,e   Nally, Ralph Mac ^f   Thomson, James R ^f,g   Ferraz, Silvio Frosini De Barros ^h   Louzada, Julio ^a,c   Oliveira, Victor Hugo Fonseca ^a,c   Parry, Luke ^a,i   Ribeiro De Castro Solar, Ricardo ^j   Vieira, Ima C G ^b   Aragaõ, Luiz E O C ^k,l   Begotti, Rodrigo Anzolin ^h   Braga, Rodrigo F ^c   Cardoso, Thiago Moreira ^d   Jr, Raimundo Cosme De Oliveira ^d   Souza, Carlos M ^m   Moura, Nárgila G ^b,e   Nunes, Sâmia Serra ^m   Siqueira, Joaõ Victor ^m   Pardini, Renata ^h   Silveira, Juliana M ^a,c   Vaz De Mello, Fernando Z ⁿ   Veiga, Ruan Carlo Stulpen ^o   Venturieri, Adriano ^d   Gardner, Toby A ^p,q   more..

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^e Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^g ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^m IMAZON   (Brazil)

ⁿ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^o Instituto Socio Ambiental Serra Do Mar (ISASM)   (Brazil)

^p STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^q INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; LAW; LOGGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FOREST; FORESTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AVES; COLEOPTERA;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PLANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84977637979     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature18326     Document Type: Article

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