Spatial and temporal patterns of amphibian species richness on Tianping Mountain, Hunan Province, China

Wen-Bo Zhu; Chun-Lin Zhao; Chun-Lin Liao; Bei Zou; Dan Xu; Wei Zhu; Tian Zhao; Jian-Ping Jiang

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Wen-Bo Zhu, Chun-Lin Zhao, Chun-Lin Liao, Bei Zou, Dan Xu, Wei Zhu, Tian Zhao, Jian-Ping Jiang. Spatial and temporal patterns of amphibian species richness on Tianping Mountain, Hunan Province, China. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(2): 182-187. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.017

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Wen-Bo Zhu, Chun-Lin Zhao, Chun-Lin Liao, Bei Zou, Dan Xu, Wei Zhu, Tian Zhao, Jian-Ping Jiang. Spatial and temporal patterns of amphibian species richness on Tianping Mountain, Hunan Province, China. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(2): 182-187. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.017

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Wen-Bo Zhu, Chun-Lin Zhao, Chun-Lin Liao, Bei Zou, Dan Xu, Wei Zhu, Tian Zhao, Jian-Ping Jiang. Spatial and temporal patterns of amphibian species richness on Tianping Mountain, Hunan Province, China. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(2): 182-187. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.017

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Spatial and temporal patterns of amphibian species richness on Tianping Mountain, Hunan Province, China

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.017

Wen-Bo Zhu^1,2,
Chun-Lin Zhao^1,3,
Chun-Lin Liao⁴,
Bei Zou¹,
Dan Xu^1,5,
Wei Zhu¹,
Tian Zhao^{1
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Jian-Ping Jiang^{1
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CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3.
Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan 637009, China
4.
National Nature Reserve of Badagongshan, Sangzhi, Hunan 427100, China
5.
College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China

Funds: This study was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA23080101), National Natural Science Foundation of China (31700353), Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China (2019HJ2096001006), West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2016XBZG_XBQNXZ_B_007), and China Biodiversity Observation Networks (Sino BON)

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Corresponding author: E-mail: zhaotian@cib.ac.cn; jiangjp@cib.ac.cn
Received Date: 2019-09-11
Publish Date: 2020-03-01

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