Epidemic disease and the catastrophic decline of Australian rain forest frogs

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 406-413

  Laurance, William F ^a,d   Mcdonald, Keith R ^b   Speare, Richard ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ENDEMIC FROG; EPIDEMIC; MONTANE RAIN FOREST; POPULATION DECLINE; RAIN FOREST FROG;

AUSTRALIA, (EAST);

EID: 0029730436     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020406.x     Document Type: Article

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