Review and analysis of altitudinal distribution of the Andean anurans in Colombia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1826, 2008, Pages 1-25

  Bernal, Manuel Hernando ^a,b   Lynch, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL TOLIMA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Checklist; Janzen's hypothesis; Richness; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANURA;

EID: 47949117985     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1826.1.1     Document Type: Article

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