High levels of cryptic species diversity uncovered in Amazonian frogs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1734, 2012, Pages 1806-1814

  Chris Funk, W ^a   Caminer, Marcel ^b   Ron, Santiago R ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Amphibians; Biodiversity; Conservation; Cryptic species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION; FROG; MAGNITUDE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL REGION;

AMAZON BASIN; ECUADOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA;

EID: 84858784241     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1653     Document Type: Article

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