Two-Stage Recovery of Amphibian Assemblages Following Selective Logging of Tropical Forests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 354-363

  Adum, Gilbert Baase ^a   Eichhorn, Markus Peter ^b   Oduro, William ^a   Ofori Boateng, Caleb ^a,c   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^d  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Faunal recovery; Frogs; Ghana; Logged forest; Reduced impact logging

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FROG; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; GHANA; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; GHANA; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

GHANA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 84875545302     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12006     Document Type: Article

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