Integrative inventory of Bolivia's lowland anurans reveals hidden diversity

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 567-583

  Jansen, Martin ^a,b   Bloch, Rebecca ^a   Schulze, Arne ^a,b   Pfenninger, Markus ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 80054765942     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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