A comparison of Australia's anuran records against the reserve system

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1233-1246

  Lemckert, Francis ^a,b   Rosauer, Dan ^c,d,e   Slatyer, Cameron ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Forest Resources Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anuran; Conservation; Protected area; Reserve system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; MONTANE FOREST; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; LITORIA; UPEROLEIA;

EID: 67349254485     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9542-x     Document Type: Article

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