Understanding the mechanisms underlying the distribution of microendemic montane frogs (Brachycephalus spp., Terrarana: Brachycephalidae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 250, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-176

  Pie, Marcio R ^a,b   Meyer, Andreas L S ^a,b   Firkowski, Carina R ^a,b   Ribeiro, Luiz F ^a,b,c   Bornschein, Marcos R ^a,b  

^a Mater Natura Instituto de Estudos Ambientais   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade Dom Bosco   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIC; Brachycephalus; Conservation; Endemism; Maxent; Terrarana

Indexed keywords

AIC; BRACHYCEPHALUS; ENDEMISM; MAXENT; TERRARANA;

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; MONTANE FOREST; NEW SPECIES; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ANURA; BRACHYCEPHALIDAE; BRACHYCEPHALUS; CLITELLARIA;

EID: 84870906235     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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