Influence of the environmental heterogeneity of breeding ponds on anuran assemblages from southeastern Brazil

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 699-707

  Vasconcelos, T S ^a   Santos, T G ^a   Rossa Feres, D C ^a   Haddad, C F B ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FROG; HETEROGENEITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68949085815     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-058     Document Type: Article

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