The decline of amphibians in California's Great Central Valley;La declinacion de anfibios en el Gran Valle Central de California

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1387-1397

  Fisher, Robert N ^a,b   Shaffer, H Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, GREAT CENTRAL VALLEY;

BUFO BOREAS; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA AURORA;

EID: 0030430528     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10051387.x     Document Type: Article

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