Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes of Southeastern Brazil.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gheler-Costa, Carla.
Other Authors: Lyra-Jorge, Maria Carolina., Martins Verdade, Luciano.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Warschau/Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2016.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • Part I: Human Dimensions
  • 1 The Multiple Facets of Agricultural Landscapes
  • 2 The Role of Family Farms in EnvironmentalConservation in Agricultural Landscapes
  • 3 Agribusiness and Socioeconomic Drivers of LandCover Change in Brazil
  • 4 Dealing with Fragmentation and Road Effectsin Highly Degraded and Heterogeneous Landscapes
  • 5 Exploring Diversity of Soil Microorganisms:A Multidimensional Approach
  • 6 The Value of Agricultural Landscape for TropicalTrees
  • 7 Changes in Species and Genetic Diversity of Cropsin Agricultural Systems, with an Emphasis on theState of São Paulo
  • 8 Biodiversity Conservation of Forests and theirEcological Restoration in Highly-modified Landscapes
  • 9 Freshwater Turtles in Natural, Rural and UrbanEcosystems in São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil
  • 10 Fish Parasites and their Use as EnvironmentalResearch Indicators
  • 11 Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) inAnthropogenic Environments: Challenges andConflicts
  • 12 The Influence of Agricultural and ForestLandscapes on the Diversity of Lepidoptera
  • 13 Stream Fish Diversity in an AgriculturalLandscape of Southeastern Brazil
  • 14 Patterns of Leaf-litter Amphibian Diversity in aSilvicultural Landscape of Southeastern Brazil
  • 15 Bird Diversity in Relation to Land Use inAgricultural Landscapes of Southeastern Brazil
  • 16 Howler Monkeys in an Urban Brazilian Forest:Ecology and Daily Feeding Patterns
  • 17 Wildlife and Landscape Geometry in SilviculturalLandscapes
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Index.