Urban aquatic habitats and conservation of highly endangered species: The case of Ambystoma mexicanum (Caudata, Ambystomatidae)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-238

  Recuero, Ernesto ^a   Cruzado Cortes, Juan ^b   Parra Olea, Gabriela ^c   Zamudio, Kelly R ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARASITE INFESTATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN GROWTH; VIABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; CAUDATA;

EID: 77957323671     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0401     Document Type: Article

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