Tijuca National Park: two pioneering restorationist initiatives in Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil

As a contribution to the environmental history of the Tijuca National Park, we report on two pioneering restorationist initiatives and list its the mammal species now found in this urban park. The Tijuca National Park (TNP), a 3,200 ha urban park covered by secondary tropical forest, is located with...

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Main Authors: S. R. Freitas, C. L. Neves, P. Chernicharo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842006000600004&lng=en&tlng=en