The Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea - From riches to ruins: Conservation of a formerly common species

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 248-256

  Goldingay, Ross L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000085480     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1996.019     Document Type: Article

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