Review of the past distribution and decline of the Southern Bell Frog Litoria raniformis in New South Wales

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 446-452

  Wassens, Skye ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Historic distribution; Litoria raniformis; Range decline

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATABASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FROG; GRAZING PRESSURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANURA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS;

EID: 58149352825     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2008.022     Document Type: Review

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