Spatial patterns of biological diversity in a neotropical lowland savanna of northeastern Bolivia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1167-1182

  Larrea Alcázar, Daniel M ^a   Embert, Dirk ^a   Aguirre, Luis F ^b,c   Ríos Uzeda, Boris ^a   Quintanilla, Marlene ^a   Vargas, Aidé ^a,b  

^a Fundacion Amigos de la Naturaleza FAN   (Bolivia)

^b Centro de Estudios en Biología Teórica y Aplicada BIOTA   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Beni Cerrado; Bolivia; Llanos de Moxos; Sink source dynamics; V rzea forests

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIAN; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CERRADO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOREGION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; REPTILE; SAVANNA; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

BENI; BOLIVIA; LLANOS DE MOJOS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 79955685096     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0021-4     Document Type: Article

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