Plotting the course of an African clawed frog invasion in Western France

Animal Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-102

  Fouquet, Antoine ^a   Measey, G John ^b  

^a Le Buisson Garroux ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Colonisation; Freshwater; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FROG; MIGRATION; RANGE EXPANSION; TRAPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33244465604     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075606775904722     Document Type: Article

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