Use of farm dams as frog habitat in an Australian agricultural landscape: Factors affecting species richness and distribution

Biological Conservation

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-169

  Hazell, Donna ^a   Cunnningham, Ross ^b   Lindenmayer, David ^a   Mackey, Brendan ^a   Osborne, Will ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultivated habitat; Frogs; Habitat modelling; Modified landscape; Ponds

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FROG; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

CRINIA PARINSIGNIFERA; LITORIA PERONII; LITORIA VERREAUXII; UPEROLEIA LAEVIGATA;

EID: 0034798704     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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