Searching for a lost frog (Rhinoderma rufum): Identification of the most promising areas for future surveys and possible reasons of its enigmatic decline

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-106

  Bourke, Johara ^a   Busse, Klaus ^a   Böhme, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat loss; Potential habitat; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867874670     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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