Recent, substantial, and unexplained declines of the common toad Bufo bufo in lowland England

Biological Conservation

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-399

  Carrier, Jo Anne ^a   Beebee, Trevor J C ^b  

^a Mansion House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Bufo bufo; UK

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DECLINE; SURVEY; TOAD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0037409997     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00308-7     Document Type: Article

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