Habitat selection by the introduced American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) on Daishan Island, China

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-211

  Wang, Yihua ^a,b,c   Li, Yiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 67650676197     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511-43.2.205     Document Type: Article

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