Amphibian population declines in montane southern Mexico: Resurveys of historical localities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 555-564

  Lips, Karen R ^a   Mendelson III, Joseph R ^b   Muñoz Alonso, Antonio ^c   Canseco Márquez, Luis ^d   Mulcahy, Daniel G ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Declines; Mexico; Montane; Population

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS SALTATOR; ERYTHROMMA; FUNGI; PTYCHOHYLA; PTYCHOHYLA ERYTHROMMA; SALTATOR;

EID: 3142673528     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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