Recovery of amphibian species richness and composition in a chronosequence of secondary forests, northeastern Costa Rica
December 27, 2011
In some tropical regions, following the abandonment of agriculture and pastures, secondary forests can recover plant species richness and forest structure (e.g. canopy cover, biomass); however, the importance of these secondary forests for fauna is not clear. We evaluated amphibian recovery in secondary forests in northeastern Costa Rica, by assessing amphibian recovery in 12 secondary forests that vary in age of recovery and in three old growth forests using visual and acoustic surveys.
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