Species diversity and habitat fragmentation: Frogs in a tropical montane landscape in Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 499-508

  Pineda, Eduardo ^a,b   Halffter, Gonzalo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha, beta and gamma diversity; Cloud forest; Frog community; Mexico; Shaded coffee plantation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLOUD FOREST; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ANURA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1842591312     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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