Rapid turnover in site occupancy of a pond-breeding frog demonstrates the need for landscape-level management

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-299

  Hamer, Andrew J ^a,b   Mahony, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Conservation; Endangered species; Habitat model; Litoria aurea; Patch occupancy dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; FROG; HABITAT LOSS; IMMIGRATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; POND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA; KOORAGANG ISLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITORIA AUREA;

EID: 77956470680     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0029-7     Document Type: Article

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