Environmental determinants of amphibian and reptile species richness in China

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-482

  Qian, Hong ^a   Wang, Xihua ^b   Wang, Silong ^c   Li, Yuanliang ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPTILE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 34547959041     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2007.05025.x     Document Type: Article

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