Dependence of anuran diversity on environmental descriptors in farmland ponds

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1411-1424

  da Silva, Fernando Rodrigues ^a   Candeira, Carolina Panin ^b   de Cerqueira Rossa Feres, Denise ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b Serviço Autônomo de Água e Esgoto SAAE   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Generalized linear models; Heterogeneity; Hierarchical partition; Mesophytic semideciduous forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROPERIOD; MICROHABITAT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84860361487     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0252-z     Document Type: Article

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