Suitability of amphibians and reptiles for translocation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-15

  Germano, Jennifer M ^a   Bishop, Phillip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Herpetofauna; Population supplementation; Reintroduction; Relocation; Repatriation; Translocation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HABITAT QUALITY; HERPETOFAUNA; MIGRATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; REINTRODUCTION; RELOCATION; REPTILE; TRANSLOCATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; REVIEW;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; REPTILES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 58249102185     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01123.x     Document Type: Review

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