The Atlantic Forest of South America
Subtitle: Biodiversity Status, Threats, and Outlook (State of the Hotspots)
Contributors: Ibsen De Gusmao Camara (Editor); Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: May 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781559639880
Subjects: Applied ecology; Conservation of wildlife & habitats; Deforestation; Science; Mata Atlantica; Forest biological diversity co; South America; Natural Resources; Forest Conservation; Nature; Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology; Nature/Ecology; Forests & Forestry; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Science / Zoology; Mata AtlÃ£antica; Brazil; Forest Management; Forest biodiversity conservation; Forests and forestry; 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.