Distribution of anuran amphibians in massively altered landscapes in south-eastern Australia: Effects of climate change in an aridifying region

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 575-585

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Horrocks, Gregory ^a   Lada, Hania ^a   Lake, P Sam ^a   Thomson, James R ^a   Taylor, Andrea C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitats; Bayesian inference; Climate change; Frogs; Goulburn Broken catchment; Land use change; Regional drying; Tadpoles; Victoria; Water management

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARID REGION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FROG; LAND USE CHANGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CRINIA; CRINIA SIGNIFERA; LIMNODYNASTES DUMERILII;

EID: 68549107933     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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