Diversity and abundance of forest frogs (Anura: Leptodactylidae) before and after Hurricane Georges in the Cordillera Central of Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 157-162

  Vilella, Francisco J ^a   Fogarty, Jarrod H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Call counts; Eleutherodactylus; Forests; Frogs; Hurricanes; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS BRITTONI; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS RICHMONDI; EPIDENDRUM VICENTINUM; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; SCOLOSANTHUS PORTORICENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 18744390486     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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