Overview of the conservation status of Australian frogs

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-320

  Hero, Jean Marc ^a   Morrison, Clare ^b   Gillespie, Graeme ^c   Roberts, J Dale ^d   Newell, David ^e   Meyer, Ed ^a   McDonald, Keith ^f   Lemckert, Frank ^g   Mahony, Michael ^h   Osborne, Will ⁱ   Hines, Harry ^f   Richards, Steve ^j   Hoskin, Conrad ^k   Clarke, John ^f   Doak, Naomi ^a   Shoo, Luke ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c ZOOS VICTORIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^g State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^j SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Amphibian; Assessment; Australia; Conservation; Global; Status

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION STATUS; FROG; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 33846967808     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC060313     Document Type: Review

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