Influence of climate, elevation, and land use in regional herpetofaunal distribution in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Community Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-227

  Sasaki, Kiyoshi ^a   Palmer, M W ^a   Hayashi, T ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tochigi Prefectural Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Climate; Distribution; Elevation; Japan; Land cover; Ordination; Reptiles; Species composition; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; LAND COVER; LAND USE; ORDINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOCHIGI;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 30544454205     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.6.2005.2.10     Document Type: Article

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