Global amphibian declines: A problem in applied ecology

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1999, Pages 133-165

  Alford, Ross A ^a   Richards, Stephen J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Frog; Metapopulation; Null hypothesis; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033373891     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.30.1.133     Document Type: Article

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