What influences the structure of frog assemblages at forest streams?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-502

  Parris, Kirsten M ^a,b   Mccarthy, Michael A ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Australia; Community ecology; Conservation biology; Forests; Mantel tests; Multivariate analysis; Queensland; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044366216     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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