Priority areas of intraspecific diversity: Larzac, a global hotspot for facultative paedomorphosis in amphibians

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 110-116

  Denoël, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation unit; Hotspot; Legislation; Polyphenism; Priority areas; Triturus helveticus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; PEDOMORPHOSIS; PRIORITIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LARZAC; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 33846659062     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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