Effects of habitat fragmentation on the abundance of two species of leptodactylid frogs in an Andean Montane forest

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1323-1328

  Marsh, David M ^a   Pearman, Peter B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENATION;

ECUADOR, ANDES;

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS CHLORONATUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS TREPIDOTUS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 0031474505     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95519.x     Document Type: Article

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