The role of spatial and temporal descriptors for neotropical tadpole communities in southern Brazil

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 624, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-138

  Both, Camila ^a   Solé, Mirco ^b   Dos Santos, Tiago Gomes ^c   Cechin, Sonia Zanini ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anuran; Community ecology; Larvae; Phenology; Ponds; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

ANURAN; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; LARVAE; PHENOLOGY; PONDS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

LAKES;

AMPHIBIAN; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROPERIOD; LARVA; PHENOLOGY; POND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA;

EID: 60449086638     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9685-5     Document Type: Article

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