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Conserving the Puerto Rican herpetofauna

Conserving the Puerto Rican herpetofauna Conserving the Puerto Rican herpetofauna Rafael L. Joglar 1 ,* , Alberto O. Álvarez 2 , T. Mitchell Aide 1 , Diane Barber 3 , Patricia A. Burrowes 1 , Miguel A. García 2,4 , Abimael León-Cardona 5 , Ana V. Longo 1 , Néstor Pérez-Buitrago 1,4 , Alberto Puente 1,2 , Neftalí Rios-López 1 , Peter J. Tolson 6 1 Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 23360, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3360 ∗ Corresponding author; e-mail: rjoglar@uprrp.edu 2 Division of Wildlife, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, P.O. Box 366147, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00906 3 Fort Worth Zoo, 1989 Colonial Parkway, Fort Worth, Texas 76110, USA 4 Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CATEC), University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931 5 Aquatic Toxicology Program, University of California-Davis, VetMed:APC, 1321 Haring Hall, Davis, California 95616, USA 6 Conservation Department — Toledo Zoo, Ohio 43614, USA Abstract. With a total area of 8900 km 2 , Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles. It is divided in three physiographic regions or areas of relief: the mountainous interior, the karst region, and the coastal plains and valleys. The island http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Herpetology Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1570-7539
eISSN
1570-7547
DOI
10.1163/157075407782424566
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Abstract

Conserving the Puerto Rican herpetofauna Rafael L. Joglar 1 ,* , Alberto O. Álvarez 2 , T. Mitchell Aide 1 , Diane Barber 3 , Patricia A. Burrowes 1 , Miguel A. García 2,4 , Abimael León-Cardona 5 , Ana V. Longo 1 , Néstor Pérez-Buitrago 1,4 , Alberto Puente 1,2 , Neftalí Rios-López 1 , Peter J. Tolson 6 1 Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 23360, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3360 ∗ Corresponding author; e-mail: rjoglar@uprrp.edu 2 Division of Wildlife, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, P.O. Box 366147, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00906 3 Fort Worth Zoo, 1989 Colonial Parkway, Fort Worth, Texas 76110, USA 4 Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CATEC), University of Puerto Rico–Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931 5 Aquatic Toxicology Program, University of California-Davis, VetMed:APC, 1321 Haring Hall, Davis, California 95616, USA 6 Conservation Department — Toledo Zoo, Ohio 43614, USA Abstract. With a total area of 8900 km 2 , Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles. It is divided in three physiographic regions or areas of relief: the mountainous interior, the karst region, and the coastal plains and valleys. The island

Journal

Applied HerpetologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: CHYTRID; PUERTO RICO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; REPTILE; CARIBBEAN; AMPHIBIAN; WEST INDIES; BIODIVERSITY

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