First list of the vertebrates of Los Tres Picachos State Forest, Puerto Rico, with data on relative abundance and altitudinal distribution

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 117-126

  Miranda Castro, Leopoldo ^a,b   Puente Rolón, Alberto R ^c   Vega Castillo, Sondra ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES INVENTORY; VERTEBRATE;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0034190621     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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