Leaf-litter herpetofaunal richness, abundance, and community assembly in mono-dominant plantations and primary forest of northeastern Costa Rica

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2057-2070

  Folt, Brian ^a,c   Reider, Kelsey E ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Frogs; Lizards; Neotropics; Virola koschnyi; Vochysia guatemalensis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; FROG; HERPETOFAUNA; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF LITTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PENTACLETHRA; PENTACLETHRA MACROLOBA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VIROLA; VIROLA KOSCHNYI; VOCHYSIA; VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

EID: 84881029094     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0526-0     Document Type: Article

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