Positive forestry: The effect of rubber tree plantations on fruit feeding butterfly assemblages in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 397, Issue , 2017, Pages 150-156

  Cristina Barbosa Cambui, Elaine ^a   Nogueira de Vasconcelos, Rodrigo ^b   Mariano Neto, Eduardo ^a   Felipe Viana, Blandina ^a   Zikán Cardoso, Márcio ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Hevea brasiliensis; Mosaic landscape; Planted forest; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; FRUITS; RUBBER; RUBBER PLANTATIONS; TIMBER;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MOSAIC LANDSCAPES; PLANTED FOREST; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FRUGIVORY; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; UNDERSTORY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 85018734609     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.043     Document Type: Article

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