A Bornean amphibian hotspot: The lowland mixed dipterocarp rainforest at Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei Darussalam

Salamandra

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-38

  Ulmar Grafe, T ^a   Keller, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Amphibians; Borneo; Brunei Darussalam; Rainforest; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAECILIA;

EID: 62149151024     PISSN: 00363375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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