Return rates of male hylid frogs Litoria genimaculata, L. nannotis, L. rheocola and Nyctimystes dayi after toe-tipping

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Phillott, Andrea D ^a   McDonald, Keith R ^a,b   Skerratt, Lee F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frog; Mark recapture; Return rate; Toe tipping

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; RETURN MIGRATION; RETURN PERIOD; SITE FIDELITY;

ANURA; HYLIDAE; LITORIA GENIMACULATA; NYCTIMYSTES DAYI;

EID: 77952513592     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00253     Document Type: Article

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