The life history and decline of the threatened Australian frog, Litoria raniformis

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 276-284

  Heard, Geoffrey W ^a   Scroggie, Michael P ^b   Malone, Brian S ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collapse; Decline; Life history; Litoria raniformis; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATURATION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 84858861400     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02275.x     Document Type: Article

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