Changes in the diversity of seven anuran communities in the Ecuadorian Andes;Cambios en la diversidad en siete comunidades de anuros en los Andes de Ecuador

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-189

  Bustamante, Martín R ^a   Ron, Santiago R ^a,b   Coloma, Luis A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Diversity; Ecuadorian Andes; Population declines; Species density

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 20444403044     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00025.x     Document Type: Review

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