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Titre :	The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: How much is left, and how is the remaining forest distributed? Implications for conservation
Auteurs :	Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Auteur ; Jean Paul Metzger, Auteur ; Alexandre Camargo Martensen, Auteur ; Flavio Jorge Ponzoni, Auteur ; Marcia Makiko Hirota, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Biological Conservation (142(6) JUN 2009)
Article en page(s) :	1141-1153
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	The neotropical Atlantic Forest supports one of the highest degrees of species richness and rates of endemism on the planet, but has also undergone a huge forest loss. However, there exists no broad-scale information about the spatial distribution of its remnants that could guide conservation actions, especially when systematic biodiversity data are not available. In this context, Our objectives were to quantify how much of the forest still remains, and analyze its spatial distribution. We considered the entire Brazilian Atlantic Forest, and eight sub-regions, defined according to species distribution. The results revealed a serious situation: more than 80% of the fragments are

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