To conserve biodiversity, it is necessary to understand how species are distributed and
which aspects of the environment determine distributions. In large parts of the world and for …

Central America hosts a diverse, unique, and imperiled amphibian fauna, and for decades
Central America been a major epicenter of research into amphibian decline and …

Chytridiomycosis, the disease caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is considered to
be a disease exclusively of amphibians. However, B. dendrobatidis may also be capable of …

Whereas the classification of plant communities has a long tradition that of animal
assemblages remains poorly developed. Here we propose a classification scheme for …

El Salvador is both the most densely populated and the most severely deforested country in
the continental Americas. The convergence of these two facts leads inevitably to questions …

Strategic planning to increase forest cover in Central American transboundary areas of the
Mesoamerican Biological Corridor requires understanding land-cover and land-use change …

Beetles as indicators for forest conservation in Central America Page 151 TROPICAL BIOLOGY
AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT-Vol. VI - Beetles as Indicators for Forest Conservation in …

Previous molecular work on salamanders of the genus Bolitoglossa recognized the
“Magnadigita” clade, which includes members of the Bolitoglossa dunni, Bolitoglossa …

A quantitative process for the conservation analysis of 179 endangered birds of China is
presented. At first, for each bird species its conservation priority status was assessed by …

Baseline data of herpetofauna of a wildlife corridor is significant for the holistic conservation
and protection of the landscape. The understudied species of reptiles and amphibians are …