Management of amphibian populations in booderee National Park, South-Eastern Australia

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-79

  Penman, Trent D ^a   Brassil, Traecey E ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anuran; Conservation; Forest; Heleioporus australiacus; Litoria aurea

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; FUNGI; HELEIOPORUS AUSTRALIACUS; LITORIA AUREA;

EID: 77952556591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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