Influence of terrestrial habitat isolation on the diversity and temporal distribution of anurans in an agricultural landscape

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-331

  Da Silva, Fernando Rodrigues ^a   Rossa Feres, Denise De Cerqueira ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

amphibian; generalized linear models; landscape; semideciduous forest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; PASTURE; POOL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 80054996681     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000842     Document Type: Article

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