A note on amphibian decline in a central Amazonian lowland forest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3619-3627

  Deichmann, Jessica L ^a,b,e   Williamson, G Bruce ^a,b   Lima, Albertina P ^c   Allmon, Warren D ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^e Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Amphibian decline; Biomass; Brazil; Conservation; Long term studies

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TIME SERIES;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77958019095     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9920-z     Document Type: Article

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