Ecological theory and anuran declines

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-207

  Sarkar, Sahotra ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0002390051     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312741     Document Type: Article

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