Counts of calling males as estimates of population size in the endangered frogs Geocrinia alba and G. vitellina

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 475-481

  Driscoll, Don A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCRINIA ALBA; GEOCRINIA VITELLINA;

EID: 0032414018     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565200     Document Type: Article

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