Demographic trends and community stability in a montane amphibian assemblage

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 238-244

  Martínez Solano, Iñigo ^a   Bosch, Jaime ^a   García París, Mario ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC SPECIES;

SPAIN;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; AMPHIBIA; BUFO CALAMITA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA;

EID: 0037329528     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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