90 % of the species expected to occur in São Paulo State, Brazil, were recorded in 22
forest fragments surrounded by sugarcane monoculture.
Not exact matches
«When you
fragment the rain
forest, hot winds from the
surrounding pastures blow into the
forest and kill many trees, which just can't handle the stress,» explains team member Henrique Nascimento of Brazil's National Institute for Amazonian Research.
The aerial photo shows
forest fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest in Northeastern Brazil (Mata Atlântica),
surrounded by sugar cane plantations.