Correlates of amphibian diversity in an altered landscape of Amazonian Ecuador

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1211-1225

  Pearman, Peter B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT ALTERATION; LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECUADOR, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0031423541     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96202.x     Document Type: Article

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