Spatial and temporal patterns of abundance and diversity of an East African leaf litter amphibian fauna

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Gardner, Toby A ^a,e   Fitzherbert, Emily B ^a   Drewes, Robert C ^b   Howell, Kim M ^c   Caro, Tim ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Miombo woodland; Patterns of biodiversity; Tanzania; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FROG; LEAF LITTER; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 33846115650     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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