Driving a wedge into the Amazon

被引:19
作者
Laurance, William
Luizao, Regina
机构
[1] Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Balboa, Ancon, Panama
[2] Natl Inst Amazonian Res, Dept Ecol, BR-69011970 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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D O I
10.1038/448409a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Things are heating up in the Amazon as the burning season begins. In Brazil, a 30-year-old study of forest fragments is itself threatened by farming, logging and hunting, say William Laurance and Regina Luizão.
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页码:409 / 410
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