Distribution and detectability of the Southern Bell Frog Litoria raniformis in the South Australian River Murray floodplain

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-445

  Schultz, Mark A ^a  

^a South Australian Murray Darling Basin National Resource Management Board   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bell frog; Detection; Distribution; Litoria raniformis; Water regime

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DETECTION METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODPLAIN; FROG; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

ANURA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS;

EID: 58149348566     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2008.021     Document Type: Article

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