Palaeoecological information concerning members of the frog genus leiopelma: leiopelmatidae in New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 409-420

  Worthy, Trevor H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extinction; Geographical variation; Leiopelma; Leiopelmatidae; New Zealand; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HOLOCENE; RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 0023467544     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1987.10426482     Document Type: Article

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