Recent shrinkage of the range of the eastern spadefoot toad, pelobates syriacus (amphibia: anura): archaeological evidence from the bronze age in israel

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-52

  Delfino, Massimo ^a   Bar Oz, Guy ^b   Weissbrod, Lior ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bufo viridis; Conservation; Holocene; Range fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RANGE SIZE; TAXONOMY; TOAD;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARA; BUFO VIRIDIS; PELOBATES; PELOBATES SYRIACUS; PELOBATIDAE; SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKII;

EID: 34249074050     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2007.10638203     Document Type: Article

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