Composition, diversity, and spatial relationships of anurans following wetland restoration in a managed tropical forest

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 883-891

  Lee, Ya Fu ^a   Kuo, Yen Min ^a   Lin, Yu Hsiu ^a,b   Chu, Wen Chen ^a,b   Wang, Hsiang Hua ^c   Wu, Shu Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anuran; Community; Ecological restoration; Pond; Space use; Taiwan; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUERGERIA; BUFO MELANOSTICTUS; FEJERVARYA LIMNOCHARIS; MICROHYLA; MICROHYLA HEYMONSI; POLYPEDATES MEGACEPHALUS;

EID: 33846140823     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.883     Document Type: Article

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