The Atlantic Forest of South America
Subtitle: Biodiversity Status, Threats, and Outlook (State of the Hotspots)
Contributors: Carlos Galindo-Leal (Editor); Ibsen de Gusmao Camara (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: May 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781559639897
Subjects: Applied ecology; South America; Mata AtlÃ£antica; Forests & Forestry; Nature; Forest biodiversity conservation; Science; Mata Atlantica; Nature/Ecology; Forests and forestry; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology; Natural Resources; Science / Zoology; Brazil; Forest biological diversity co; Forest management; Mata Atlãantica
First sentence: The Atlantic Forest is one of the world's 25 recognized biodiversity hotspots, areas where the original vegetative cover has been reduced by at least 70 percent but that together house more than 60 percent of all terrestrial species on the planet.