Diversity, natural history and conservation of amphibians and reptiles from the San Vito Region, southwestern Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 755-778

  Santos Barrera, Georgina ^a   Pacheco, Jesus ^b   Mendoza Quijano, Fernando ^c   Bolaños, Federico ^d   Cháves, Gerardo ^d   Daily, Gretchen C ^e   Ehrlich, Paul R ^e   Ceballos, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Tecnológico de Huejutla Hidalgo   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Checklist; Conservation; Costa Rica; Habitat fragmentation; Reptiles; San Vito

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPTILE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; POPULATION DENSITY; REPTILES;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 51449090286     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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