The impacts of selective logging on three sympatric species of Leptodactylus in a Central Guyana rainforest

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-64

  Ernst, Raffael ^a,b   Konrad, Tillmann ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; BODY MASS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; RAINFOREST; SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY;

GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 34547936907     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807779799081     Document Type: Article

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