Biogeographic distribution patterns of south american amphibians: A regionalization based on cluster analysis

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-72

  da Silveira Vasconcelos, Tiago ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel ^b   Hawkins, Bradford Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biogeographic regions; k Means clustering; Neotropics; Range maps; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055071858     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2011.008     Document Type: Article

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