Introduced animals and their parasites: The cane toad, Bufo marinus, in Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 316-324

  Barton, Diane P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Community ecology; Conservation biology; Helminth; Introduction biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444414257     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00677.x     Document Type: Article

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