A survey of the leaf-litter frog assembly from an Atlantic forest area (Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with an estimate of frog densities

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Rocha, Carlos Frederico D ^a   Vrcibradic, D ^a   Kiefer, M C ^a   Almeida Gomes, M ^a   Borges Junior, V N T ^a   Carneiro, P C F ^a   Marra, R V ^a   Almeida Santos, P ^a   Siqueira, C C ^a   Goyannes Araujo P ^a   Fernandes, C G A ^a   Rubiao E C N ^b   Van Sluys, M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Cachoeiras de Macacu ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Atlantic rainforest; Brazil; Community parameters; Density; Leaf litter

Indexed keywords

ADENOMERA MARMORATA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BRACHYCEPHALIDAE; BUFONIDAE; CHIASMOCLEIS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS BINOTATUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS GUENTHERI; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS OCTAVIOI; EUPARKERELLA; HYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLUS OCELLATUS; MICROHYLIDAE; PHYSALAEMUS SIGNIFER; PROCERATOPHRYS BOIEI; SCINAX;

EID: 34547972233     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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