The Atlantic forest of South America: biodiversity status, threats, and outlook.

By C. Leal, I. Câmara. 2003

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Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest: Lessons from aging human-modified landscapes (2010, background): “This is particularly true for ‘old’ agricultural frontiers, like the Atlantic Forest, where any significant conservation effort has been invariably preceded by wholesale human encroachment of pristine landscapes (Galindo-Leal and Câmara, 2003; Mittermeier et al., 2005a).”
The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: A Shrinking Biodiversity Hotspot (2011, background): “A massive agricultural expansion in the colonial period, followed by industrialization and urban development, have profoundly affected the Atlantic Forest, which is now confined to only ~11.7% (163,377 km2) of its original extent in Brazil (Ribeiro et al. 2009, hereafter, original will refer to pre-”
The influence of habitat integrity and physical-chemical water variables on the structure of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera (2010, background): “…construction of dams and reservoirs, input of wastes from agriculture and cattle rearing, and release of sewage (WATSON et al. 1982, TUNDISI et al. 1988, DELACERDA et al. 1991, BHARDWAJ & TYAGI 1993, PINTO-COELHO 1998, MCCLAIN & ELSENBEER 2001, GALINDO-LEAL & CÂMARA 2003, DAVIDSON et al. 2004).”