Rice-growing and conservation of the Southern Bell Frog Litoria raniformis New South Wales, Australia

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 453-458

  Pyke, Graham H ^a   Muir, Glenn W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Litoria raniforms; Rice

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; HABITAT QUALITY; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANURA; LITORIA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS;

EID: 58149359242     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2008.023     Document Type: Article

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