Influence of forest fragmentation on community structure of frogs and lizards in northeastern Costa Rica

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1750-1760

  Bell, Kristen E ^a,b   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hudsonia Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Population structure; Reptile conservation; Tropics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIZARD; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATIONAL PARK; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FROG; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; TREES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33845498843     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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