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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Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2006-11-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842006000600005 |