Skeletochronological assessment of age structure and population stability for two threatened frog species

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 182-189

  Driscoll, Don A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age determination; Amphibian decline; Conservation; Geocrinia alba; Geocrinia vitellina; Population size fluctuations; Toe bones

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044375852     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.241961.x     Document Type: Article

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