Association of coloration mode with population declines and endangerment in Australian frogs

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1535-1543

  Forsman, Anders ^a   Hagman, Mattias ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Color polymorphism; Conservation biology; Evolution; Extinction; Frogs; Population decline; Range contraction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FROG; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROGS AND TOADS; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AUSTRALIA; COLOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 70450278879     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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