Captive propagation of the endangered native Fijian frog Platymantis vitiana: Implications for ex-situ conservation and management

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Narayan, Edward ^a   Christ, Ketan ^a   Morley, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fiji Islands; Fijian ground frog; Native species; Reproduction; Tropical pacific

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; NATIVE SPECIES; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ZOO;

FIJI; KULA ECO PARK; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); VITI LEVU;

ANURA; CACOSTERNUM; PLATYMANTIS;

EID: 64949121228     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC090047     Document Type: Article

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