Diversity of mammals in the tropical-temperate Neotropics: Hotspots on a regional scale

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1431-1444

  Ojeda, R A ^a   Stadler, J ^b   Brandl, R ^c  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biodiversity hotspots; Chaco; Megaspecies; Monte; Puna; Yungas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARGENTINA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037572190     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023625125032     Document Type: Article

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