Can a Single Amphibian Species Be a Good Biodiversity Indicator?
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Can a Single Amphibian Species Be a Good Biodiversity Indicator?
Although amphibians have been widely promoted as indicators of biodiversity and environmental change, rigorous tests are lacking. Here key indicator criteria are distilled from published papers, and a species that has been promoted as a bioindicator, the great crested newt, is tested against them. Although a link was established between the presence of great crested newts and aquatic plant dive...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diversity
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1424-2818
DOI: 10.3390/d1020102