How has the remnant population of the threatened frog Leiopelma pakeka (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) fared on Maud Island, New Zealand, over the past 25 years?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-256

  Bell, Ben D ^a   Pledger, Shirley A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anura; Capture recapture; Conservation; Demography; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; HABITAT TYPE; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

MARLBOROUGH; MAUD ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; LEIOPELMA PAKEKA; LEIOPELMATIDAE;

EID: 77952895412     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02024.x     Document Type: Article

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