Conserving the Puerto Rican herpetofauna

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-345

  Joglar, Rafael L ^a   Álvarez, Alberto O ^b   Mitchell Aide, T ^a   Barber, Diane ^c   Burrowes, Patricia A ^a   García, Miguel A ^b,d   León Cardona, Abimael ^e   Longo, Ana V ^a   Pérez Buitrago, Néstor ^a,d   Puente, Alberto ^a,b   Rios López, Neftalí ^a   Tolson, Peter J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Department of Natural and Environmental Resources

^c Fort Worth Zoo ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Toledo Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Biodiversity; Caribbean; Chytrid; Climate change; Conservation; Puerto Rico; Reptile; West Indies

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748958710     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075407782424566     Document Type: Article

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