Ecological parameters of the leaf-litter frog community of an Atlantic Rainforest area at Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-260

  Van Sluys, M ^a   Vrcibradic, D ^a   Alves, M A S ^a   Bergallo, H G ^a   Rocha, C F D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abundance; Frog community; Leaf litter depth; Microhabitat; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST FLOOR; FROG; LITTERFALL; MICROHABITAT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; ILHA GRANDE; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADENOMERA MARMORATA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BRACHYCEPHALIDAE; BRACHYCEPHALUS; BUFONIDAE; CHIASMOCLEIS; DENDROPHRYNISCUS BREVIPOLLICATUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS BINOTATUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS GUENTHERI; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS PARVUS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; MICROHYLIDAE; PSYLLOPHRYNE; ZACHAENUS PARVULUS;

EID: 33947686411     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01682.x     Document Type: Article

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