Frog declines in Australia: Global implications

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 175-186

  Hero, Jean Marc ^a   Morrison, Clare ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Altitude; Amphibians; Geographic range; IUCN; Life history; Status

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FUNGI; MYOBATRACHIDAE; TAUDACTYLUS;

EID: 10644257548     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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