Herpetofaunal surveys support successful reconciliation ecology in secondary and human-modified habitats at the inhotim institute, Southeastern Brazil

Herpetologica

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-256

  Linares, Antônio Meira ^a   Eterovick, Paula Cabral ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Herpetofauna; Inhotim Institute; Inventory; Reconciliation ecology; Southeastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CERRADO; GENERALIST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVENTORY; PITFALL TRAP; REPTILE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84878290658     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00030     Document Type: Article

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