Amphibian contributions to ecosystem services

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-17

  Hocking, Daniel J ^a,b   Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Culture; Ecosystem functions; Food; Medicine; Regulating services

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84907965596     PISSN: 21510733     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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