The threatened Leiopelmatid frogs of New Zealand: Natural history integrates with conservation

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 515-528

  Bell, Ben D ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Frog; Leiopelma; Natural history; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LEIOPELMA; LEIOPELMA ARCHEYI; LEIOPELMA HAMILTONI; LEIOPELMA HOCHSTETTERI; LEIOPELMA PAKEKA; LEIOPELMATIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78651490433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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