Anurans of the Serra do Caraça, southeastern Brazil: Species composition and phenological patterns of calling activity

Iheringia - Serie Zoologia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-26

  Canelas, Marco A S ^a   Bertoluci, Jaime ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anurans; Atlantic rainforest; Breeding phenology; Montane meadows; Southeastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

ANURA;

EID: 34249002777     PISSN: 00734721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0073-47212007000100004     Document Type: Article

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