New amphibians and global conservation: A boost in species discoveries in a highly endangered vertebrate group

BioScience

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 693-696

  Köhler, Jorn ^a   Vieites, David R ^b   Bonett, Ronald M ^b   García, Francisco Hita ^c   Glaw, Frank ^d   Steinke, Dirk ^e   Vences, Miguel ^f  

^a Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Genetic divergences; Madagascar; New species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MANTELLINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23244432820     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0693:NAAGCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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