Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-31

  Sillero, Neftali ^a   Campos, João ^a   Bonardi, Anna ^b   Corti, Claudia ^c   Creemers, Raymond ^d   Crochet, Pierre Andre ^e   Isailović, Jelka Crnobrnja ^f,g   Denoël, Mathieu ^h   Ficetola, Gentile Francesco ^b   Gonçalves, João ⁱ   Kuzmin, Sergei ^j   Lymberakis, Petros ^k   De Pous, Philip ^l,m   Rodríguez, Ariel ⁿ   Sindaco, Roberto ^o   Speybroeck, Jeroen ^p   Toxopeus, Bert ^q   Vieites, David R ^i,r   Vences, Miguel ⁿ  

^a CICGE Centro de Investigaçãoem Ciências Geo Espaciais Observatório Astronómico Prof Manuel de Barros   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d RAVON   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

ⁱ CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^j SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^m CSIC   (Spain)

ⁿ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^o C/o Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ^*  (Italy)

^p RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^r MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Biogeography; Conservation; Distribution atlas; Distribution types; Endemism; European herpetofauna; IUCN red list; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ATLAS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATABASE; ENDEMISM; HERPETOFAUNA; INDEX METHOD; NEW SPECIES; RED LIST; REPTILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84896325635     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002935     Document Type: Article

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