Inflammation in digits of unmarked and toe-tipped wild hylids

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-207

  Phillott, Andrea D ^a,b   McDonald, Keith R ^a,c   Skerratt, Lee F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Bangladesh)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FROG; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; LITORIA GENIMACULATA; NYCTIMYSTES DAYI;

EID: 79960343592     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10154     Document Type: Article

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