Urban croaking: Diversity and distribution of anurans in a neotropical city

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 389-396

  MacGregor Fors, Ian ^a   Hernández Ordoñez, Omar ^b   Ortega Álvarez, Rubén ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c Iniciativa para la Conservación de las Aves de America del Norte Mexico NABCI Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Frogs; Mexico; Morelia; Toads; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ANURA;

EID: 84877022683     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0267-y     Document Type: Article

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