The effect of anthropogenic habitat modification on habitat use by afrana angolensis along the dodwe river, tanzania

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-73

  Lynn, Scott G ^a   Lindle, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Afrana angolensis; Declining amphibians; Habitat disturbance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447267315     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635463     Document Type: Article

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