Macroecology and extinction risk correlates of frogs

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-221

  Cooper, Natalie ^a,b   Bielby, Jon ^a,b   Thomas, Gavin H ^a   Purvis, Andy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Body size; Clutch size; Conservation; Extinction risk; Geographical range size; Independent contrasts; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FECUNDITY; FROG; MACROECOLOGY; MODELING; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 38949126883     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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