Deforestation and the structure of Frog communities in the humedale terrabapsierpe, Costa Rica

Zoological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-202

  Furlani, Dario ^a,b   Ficetola, Gentile Francesco ^a,c   Colombo, Giorgio ^a   Ugurlucan, Murat ^b   Bernardi, Fiorenza De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian community; Amphibian conservation; Audio strip transects; Cochranella granulosa; Eleutherodactylus diastema; Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri; Habitat alteration; Hyla microcephala; Hyla rosenbergi; Leptodactylus labialis; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; FROGS AND TOADS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; COCHRANELLA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS DIASTEMA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS FITZINGERI; HYLA MICROCEPHALA; HYLA ROSENBERGI; LEPTODACTYLUS; LEPTODACTYLUS LABIALIS;

EID: 65949102316     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.26.197     Document Type: Article

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