Frog communities and wetland condition: Relationships with grazing by domestic livestock along an Australian floodplain river

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-219

  Jansen, Amy ^a   Healey, Michael ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Frog communities; Grazing; Wetland condition

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FROG; GRAZING; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA;

EID: 0037289869     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00148-9     Document Type: Article

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