Estimates of forest floor litter frog communities: A comparison of two methods

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-21

  Rocha, Carlos Frederico D ^a   Van Sluys, Monique ^a   Alves, Maria Alice S ^a   Bergallo, Helena G ^a   Vrcibradic, Davor ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic rainforest; Brazil; Community; Comparison of methods; Density estimate; Litter frogs; Monitoring; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001956705     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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