The importance of habitat design and aquatic connectivity in amphibian use of urban stormwater retention ponds

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 451-471

  Hamer, Andrew J ^a   Smith, Phoebe J ^a,b   McDonnell, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian community; Land use change; Species occurrence; Urbanization; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CRINIA SIGNIFERA; LIMNODYNASTES DUMERILII; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII; LITORIA EWINGII;

EID: 84861458940     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0212-5     Document Type: Article

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