Movement and microhabitat use of a terrestrial amphibian (Bufo marinus) on a tropical island: Seasonal variation and environmental correlates

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 208-214

  Seebacher, Frank ^a,b   Alford, Ross A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARUNDINARIA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 0032748885     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565716     Document Type: Article

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