Stormwater basins of the New Jersey coastal plain: Subsidies or sinks for frogs and toads?

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-413

  McCarthy, Kathleen ^a   Lathrop, Richard G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Bullfrogs; Pond breeding anurans; Source sink; Stormwater Management

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 80052036684     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0161-z     Document Type: Article

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