Mobility and metapopulation structure of Geocrinia alba and Geocrinia vitellina, two endangered frog species from southwestern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-195

  Driscoll, Don A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Endangered frogs; Geocrinia alba; Geocrinia vitellina; Metapopulation; Mobility; Philopatry

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444419779     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00658.x     Document Type: Article

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