Importance of riparian remnants for frog species diversity in a highly fragmented rainforest

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 781-784

  Rodríguez Mendoza, Clara ^a,b   Pineda, Eduardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Sierra Nuyuxia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biodiversity; Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Mexico; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASTURE; RAINFOREST; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOS;

EID: 78649894898     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0334     Document Type: Article

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