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SUBMITTER: Vieira KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6135375 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vieira Kleber Silva KS Montenegro Paulo Fernandes Guedes PFG Santana Gindomar Gomes GG Vieira Washington Luiz da Silva WLDS
PloS one 20180912 9
Our main objectives were to verify the effect of climate change on distribution of frogs of the family Ceratophryidae and if the legal protection areas in South America will be effective or ineffective in ensuring the preservation of the toads this family in coming decades. The results showed that in the last 140,000 years, species of the family Ceratophryidae expanded and contracted their distribution areas, which naturally reflected the climate and vegetation changes in the Quaternary of South ...[more]