Is Rich and Rare the Common Share? Describing Biodiversity Patterns to Inform Conservation Practices for South American Anurans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Villalobos, Fabricio ^a   Dobrovolski, Ricardo ^a   Provete, Diogo B ^a   Gouveia, Sidney F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84873577532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056073     Document Type: Article

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