Climate change and amphibian diversity patterns in Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-102

  Ochoa Ochoa, Leticia M ^a,c   Rodríguez, Pilar ^b   Mora, Franz ^b   Flores Villela, Oscar ^c   Whittaker, Robert J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Amphibians; Beta diversity; Climate change; Conservation biogeography; Mexico

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MUSEUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84860272882     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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