Diversity and abundance of litter frogs in a montane forest of southeastern Brazil: Seasonal and altitudinal changes

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 669-674

  Giaretta, A A ^a,b   Facure, K G ^a   Sawaya, R J ^a   De Meyer, J H M ^a   Chemin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abundance; Altitudinal changes; Biomass; Brachycephalus ephippium; Bufo; Cloud forest; Conservation; Dominance; Eleutherodactylus spp.; Fire effects; Human disturbance; Hyla; Litter frog assemblage; Physalacmus; Proceratophrys; Seasonal changes; Seasonal forest; Southeastern Brazil; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; FROG; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

(SOUTHEAST); BRAZIL;

ANURA; BRACHYCEPHALUS EPHIPPIUM; BUFO; CLITELLARIA; HYLA; PROCERATOPHRYS;

EID: 0033493073     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00416.x     Document Type: Article

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