Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes of Southeastern Brazil.

• Author: Gheler-Costa, Carla.
• TeilnehmendeR: Lyra-Jorge, Maria Carolina.; Martins Verdade, Luciano.
• Place / Publishing House: Warschau/Berlin : : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,, 2016.; ©2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (366 pages)

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.