Decline of a tropical montane amphibian fauna

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-117

  Lips, Karen R ^a,b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b St Laurence University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATIC CHANGE; POLLUTION; POPULATION DECLINE;

COSTA RICA, PUNTARENAS PROVINCE, LAS TABLAS;

ATELOPUS CHIRIQUIENSIS; BOLITOGLOSSA MINULTULA; BOLITOGLOSSA MINUTULA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS; HYLA CALYPSA; HYLA RIVULARIS; RANA VIBICARIA;

EID: 0031959463     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96359.x     Document Type: Article

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