A recovery program for the natterjack toad (Bufo calamite) in Britain

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1329-1338

  Denton, Jonathan S ^a   Hitchings, Susan P ^a   Beebee, Trevor J C ^a   Gent, Antony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; NATTERJACK TOAD; RECOVERY PRORGAM;

UK;

EID: 0031434578     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96318.x     Document Type: Article

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