Temperature Constraint of Elevational Range of Tropical Amphibians: Response to Forero-Medina et al.

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-

  Catenazzi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GEOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 79955755251     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01667.x     Document Type: Note

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