Involving local communities in amphibian conservation: Taipei frog Rana taipehensis as an example

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-98

  Lin, H C ^a   Cheng, L Y ^b   Chen, P C ^b   Chang, M H ^b  

^a CEO Wildlife Conservation and Research Center   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Zoo   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agro chemicals; Agrobiodiversity; Amphibians; Conservation; Education; Farmlands; Local community; Organic farming; Pesticides; Taipei frog; Taiwan; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LILIUM; NYMPHAEACEAE; RANA TAIPEHENSIS;

EID: 41849096763     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2008.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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