Swimming against the current: The Brown Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii success story

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-405

  Schell, C B ^a   Burgin, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Frogs; Habitat modification; Reproductive characteristics; Urban encroachment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; DISTURBANCE; FROG; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

ANURA; LIMNODYNASTES; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII; RANA RIDIBUNDA;

EID: 0346039071     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2002.017     Document Type: Article

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