Assessment of the amphibians in the forests of southern Ghana and western Togo

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-141

  Hillers, Annika ^a   Boateng, Caleb Ofori ^b   Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé ^c   Agyei, Alex Cudjoe ^d   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^d Wildlife Division (Forestry Commission)   (Ghana)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Conservation; Deforestation; Diversity; Habitat degradation; West africa

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CONRAUA; HYPEROLIUS; KASSINA;

EID: 79251522733     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoos.200800019     Document Type: Article

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