Effects of deforestation on headwater stream fish assemblages in the Upper Xingu River Basin, Southeastern Amazonia

Effects of deforestation on headwater stream fish assemblages in the Upper Xingu River Basin, Southeastern Amazonia

ABSTRACT The expansion of the Amazonian agricultural frontier represents the most extensive land cover change in the world, detrimentally affecting stream ecosystems which collectively harbor the greatest diversity of freshwater fish on the planet. Our goal was to test the hypotheses that deforestat...

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Main Authors: Paulo Ilha, Sergio Rosso, Luis Schiesari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2019-01-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
Subjects:
Arc of Deforestation
Canopy
Land use
Ichthyofauna
Vegetation cover
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252019000100201&lng=en&tlng=en

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