Landscape connectivity may explain anuran species distribution in an Atlantic forest fragmented area

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-40

  Almeida Gomes, Mauricio ^a   Rocha, Carlos Frederico D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anuran species; Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape structure; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PASTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 84895067649     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9898-5     Document Type: Article

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