How many frogs are killed on a road in North-east New South Wales?

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 332-336

  Goldingay, Ross L ^a   Taylor, Brendan D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frog road kills; Litoria olongburensis; Wallum Froglet Crinia tinnula; Wallum Sedge Frog

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; HABITAT; HEATHLAND; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORTALITY; ROAD; SEDGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LENNOX HEAD; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANURA; CRINIA; LITORIA; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 36448968643     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2006.006     Document Type: Article

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