Why are there so many new amphibian species when amphibians are declining?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-8

  Hanken, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS;

EID: 0033014239     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01534-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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