Aerially applied citric acid reduces the density of an invasive frog in Hawaii, USA

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 676-683

  Tuttle, Nathania C ^a   Beard, Karen H ^a   Al Chokhachy, Robert ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; FROG; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PROBABILITY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI;

EID: 56649113027     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07135     Document Type: Article

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