Neglected native or undesirable alien? Resolution of a conservation dilemma concerning the pool frog Rana lessonae

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1607-1626

  Beebee, Trevor J C ^a   Buckley, John ^b   Evans, Ivor ^c   Foster, Jim P ^d   Gent, Antony H ^b   Gleed Owen, Chris P ^b   Kelly, Geoffrey ^e   Rowe, Graham ^a   Snell, Charles ^c   Wycherley, Julia T ^a   Zeisset, Inga ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Copenhagen ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Bioacoustic analysis; Introduced species; Literature; Microsatellites; Native species; Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; FROG; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANURA; RANA LESSONAE; RANIDAE;

EID: 21244460320     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-0532-3     Document Type: Review

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