Life history variation in the spotted tree frog, Litoria spenceri (Anura: Hylidae), from southeastern Australia

Herpetologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-22

  Gillespie, Graeme R ^a  

^a ZOOS VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Australia; Body size; Conservation; Life history; Litoria spenceri; Longevity; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; LITORIA SPENCERI;

EID: 79951661708     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-10-0011.1     Document Type: Article

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