Frogs under friendly fire: How accurately can the general public recognize invasive species?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1477-1484

  Somaweera, Ruchira ^a   Somaweera, Nilusha ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien species; Bufo marinus; Community groups; Control; Invasive species; Misidentify; Rhinella marina

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FROG; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION REGULATION; TOAD; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954818850     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.027     Document Type: Article

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