Habitat disturbance and small mammal richness and diversity in an Atlantic rainforest area in southeastern Brazil Distúrbio no habitat e riqueza e diversidade de pequenos mamíferos em uma área de Mata Atlântica no sudeste do Brasil

Since disturbance is an important ecological factor affecting species diversity in natural environments, the increasing human occupation rate in Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, which supports about 50% of Brazil's human population, has resulted in intense habitat degradation and fragmentation. W...

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Main Authors: C. F. Vera y Conde, C. F. D. Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2006-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842006000600005