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Melanesia holds the world’s most diverse and intact insular amphibian fauna

Authors :
Paul M. Oliver
Deborah S. Bower
Peter J. McDonald
Fred Kraus
Jennifer Luedtke
Kelsey Neam
Louise Hobin
Alienor L. M. Chauvenet
Allen Allison
Evy Arida
Simon Clulow
Rainer Günther
Elizah Nagombi
Burhan Tjaturadi
Scott L. Travers
Stephen J. Richards
Source :
Communications Biology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Melanesia, centred on the vast tropical island of New Guinea, is shown to have the most diverse and intact insular frog fauna in the world.

Subjects

Subjects :
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23993642
Volume :
5
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Communications Biology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.1c57fa432b944ceb9ec17eae16ce1d6d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04105-1