Visible Implant Alphanumeric tags as an alternative to toe-clipping for marking amphibians - A case study

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 747-759

  Heard, Geoffrey W ^a   Scroggie, Michael P ^b   Malone, Brian ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIPPING; ETHICS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS; RANA SP.;

EID: 58149136824     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR08060     Document Type: Article

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