The relationship between environmental conditions and activity of the giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus) on the Coomera River, south-east Queensland

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-95

  Koch, Amelia J ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Climate; Detectability; Environmental variables; Frogs; Radio tracking; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DETECTION METHOD; ECTOTHERMY; FROG; LEAF LITTER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; STREAM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COOMERA RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COOMERA; MIXOPHYES ITERATUS;

EID: 34249789287     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO06017     Document Type: Article

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