Integrative Study of Brazilian Anurans: Geographic Distribution, Size, Environment, Taxonomy, and Conservation

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 785-792

  Toledo, Luís Felipe ^a   Batista, Rômulo Fernandes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Centro Estadual de Unidades de Conservação CEUC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Biodiversity; Species list; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FROG; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868632144     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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