Patterns in diversity of anurans along an elevational gradient in the Western Ghats, South India

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 842-853

  Naniwadekar, Rohit ^a   Vasudevan, Karthikeyan ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Cloud forests; Elevational gradient; Geometric constraints; Massenerhebung effect; Soil moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BODY SIZE; CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; FROG; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MICROHABITAT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KALAKAD-MUNDANTHURAI TIGER RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 34247259597     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01648.x     Document Type: Article

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