Abundance, body size and movement patterns of a tropical treefrog in continuous and fragmented forests in the Brazilian Amazon

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-315

  Neckel Oliveira, Selvino ^a,c   Gascon, Claude ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Amphibians; Connectivity of populations; Matrix habitats; Population dynamic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CECROPIA; HYLIDAE; PHYLLOMEDUSA TARSIUS; VISMIA;

EID: 29844441479     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.037     Document Type: Article

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