Environmental and spatial variables influence the composition of frog assemblages in sub-tropical eastern Australia

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 392-400

  Parris, Kirsten M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FROG; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; REPTILIA;

EID: 3042620532     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03711.x     Document Type: Review

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