Diversity and distribution of amphibians in Romania

ZooKeys

Volumn 296, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-57

  Cogǎlniceanu, Dan ^a   Székely, Paul ^a   Samoilǎ, Ciprian ^a   Iosif, Ruben ^a   Tudor, Marian ^a   Plǎiaşu, Rodica ^b   Stǎnescu, Florina ^a   Rozylowicz, Laurenţiu ^c  

^a OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Biodiversity data; Rarity; Species distribution; Species range; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878184128     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.296.4872     Document Type: Article

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