Conservation priorities for harlequin frogs (Atelopus spp.) of Peru

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Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-346

  Lötters, Stefan ^a   Schulte, Rainer ^b   Córdova, Jesús H ^c   Veith, Michael ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Instituto de Investigación de la Biología de las Cordilleras Orientales   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Atelopus; Chytridiomycosis; Faunistics; Peru; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FAUNISTICS; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ATELOPUS;

EID: 33646069030     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000852     Document Type: Article

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