Toe-clipping as an acceptable method of identifying individual anurans in mark recapture studies

Herpetological Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-308

  Phillott, Andrea D ^a   Skerratt, Lee F ^a   McDonald, Keith R ^b   Lemckert, Frank L ^c,d   Hines, Harry B ^b   Clarke, John M ^b   Alford, Ross A ^a   Speare, Rick ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

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EID: 34648813396     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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