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S.R. Freitas et al. 2010. The effect of highways on native vegetation <strong>and</strong> reserve distribution in the State of São Paulo<br />

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Trombulak, S.C. <strong>and</strong> Frissell, C.A., 2000. Review of ecological effects of roads on terrestrial<br />

<strong>and</strong> aquatic communities. Conservation Biology,14: 18-30.<br />

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native vegetation cover / buffer area * 100<br />

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14<br />

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10<br />

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50 100 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000<br />

distance from road (m)<br />

expressway highway paved road unpaved road express_logist<br />

Figure 1: Native vegetation cover (%) in different distances from roads for each road type. Native<br />

vegetation cover increases nearly logistically (express_logist) in function to distance of expressways.<br />

<strong>Forest</strong> <strong>L<strong>and</strong>scapes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Change</strong>-New Frontiers in Management, Conservation <strong>and</strong> Restoration. Proceedings of the IUFRO L<strong>and</strong>scape Ecology<br />

Working Group International Conference, September 21-27, 2010, Bragança, Portugal. J.C. Azevedo, M. Feliciano, J. Castro & M.A. Pinto (eds.)<br />

2010, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.

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