Is the 'Lost World' Lost? High endemism of aphibians and reptiles on South American tepuís in a changing climate

Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 401-416

  Rödder, Dennis ^a,b   Schlüter, Andreas ^c   Lötters, Stefan ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

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EID: 84920199631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92160-8_24     Document Type: Chapter

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