Beta diversity of frogs in the forests of New Guinea, Amazonia and Europe: Contrasting tropical and temperate communities

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 896-904

  Dahl, Chris ^a,e   Novotny, Vojtech ^b   Moravec, Jiri ^c   Richards, Stephen J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e New Guinea Binatang Research Center   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Amphibians; Biodiversity; Bolivia; Community similarity; Geographic distribution; Melanesia; Rain forest; Sepik River; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FROG; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZON RIVER; CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; MADANG; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RAMU RIVER; SEPIK RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; THAYA RIVER;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 64649100168     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02042.x     Document Type: Article

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