Genes and calls reveal five-fold greater diversity of Amazon frog species
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
Amazonian biodiversity has been studied for hundreds of years. Early explorers of Amazonian plants and animals included renowned naturalists of the stature of Alexander von Humboldt and A. R. Wallace. Despite this long history of exploration, new studies are resulting in the discovery of a large number of new species. The key of these discoveries lies in the use of advanced new tools for species detection.