Influence of forest fragmentation on amphibian diversity in the nature reserve of Ambohitantely, highland Madagascar

Biological Conservation

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-43

  Vallan, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibian community; Habitat loss; Madagascar; Nested subset; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FRAGMENTATION; NATURE RESERVE; RAINFOREST;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0033931029     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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