Effectiveness of pitfall/drift-fence systems for sampling small ground-dwelling lizards and frogs in southeastern Australian forests

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 118-126

  Webb, Garry A ^a,b  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b Sumitomo Chemical Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frogs; Lizards; Pit falls; Survey techniques

Indexed keywords

ANURA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0038937942     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1999.012     Document Type: Article

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