Habitat characteristics predict occupancy patterns of the endangered amphibian Litoria raniformis in flow-regulated flood plain wetlands

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 944-955

  Wassens, Skye ^a   Hall, Andrew ^a   Osborne, Will ^b   Watts, Robyn J ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Habitat selection; Litoria raniformis; Logistic regression; River regulation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW REGULATION; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT SELECTION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS;

EID: 78649694215     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02106.x     Document Type: Article

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