On the possible extinction of bird species in the Upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil
The Upper Paraná River floodplain (UPR) represents the last stretch of the Paraná River in Brazilian territory where a river-floodplain ecosystem still exists. However, the region had been subjected to intense deforestation in previous decades, and more than half of the original floodplain has been...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
|
Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842009000300028&lng=en&tlng=en |