The value of traditional troughs as freshwater shelters for amphibian diversity

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-81

  Garcia Gonzalez, Claudia ^a   Garcia Vazquez, Eva ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural change; Amphibians; Conservation; Freshwater points; Management; Species richness; Troughs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC PLANT; CATTLE; DESICCATION; ECOTOURISM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POND; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROUGH;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

AMPHIBIA; BOS; INVERTEBRATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 78951469626     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1156     Document Type: Article

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