Amphibian community structure as a function of forest type in Amazonian Peru

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 509-519

  Von May, Rudolf ^a   Jacobs, Jennifer M ^b   Santa Cruz, Roy ^c,d   Valdivia, Jorge ^d   Huamn, Jusmell M ^e   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Ornithology Department   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN AGUSTÍN DE AREQUIPA   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AMAZÓNICA DE MADRE DE DIOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon; beta diversity; frogs; habitat filtering; species sorting; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FROG; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 77957283100     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000301     Document Type: Article

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