Spatial and temporal variation in population dynamics of Andean frogs: Effects of forest disturbance and evidence for declines

Global Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-70

  Cole, Esther M ^a   Bustamante, Martín R ^b   Almeida Reinoso, Diego ^c   Funk, W Chris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Proyecto de Conservación de la Cuenca Baja del Pastaza   (Ecuador)

^c SARgrillo   (Ecuador)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Biodiversity; Capture mark recapture analysis; Neotropics; Pristimantis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919332430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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