Multiple determinants of Australian tropical frog biodiversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-10

  Williams, Stephen E ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Extinction; Frogs; Guilds; Habitat heterogeneity; Rainforest; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035118038     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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