The effects of habitat fragmentation on amphibian species richness in the floodplain of the Middle Parana river, Argentina

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-98

  Peltzer, Paola M ^a   Lajmanovich, Rafael C ^a   Beltzer, Adolfo H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian assemblage; Cluster analysis; Frog diversity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 0242654859     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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