Anuran community composition along two large rivers in a tropical disturbed landscape

Zoologia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-13

  Almeida Gomes, Mauricio ^a   Duarte Rocha, Carlos Frederico ^b   Vieira, Marcus Vinícius ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Aquatic environments; Connectivity; Frog species; Riparian forests

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CYCLORAMPHUS;

EID: 84928993395     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702015000100002     Document Type: Article

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