Anthropogenic disturbance and edge effects on anuran assemblages inhabiting cloud forest fragments in Colombia

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Isaacs Cubides, Paola Johanna ^a   Urbina Cardona, José Nicolás ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Andean forest; Anuran diversity; Edge effect; Environmental variables; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055073140     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2011.004     Document Type: Article

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