Impacts of climate change and urban development on the spotted marsh frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-22

  Wilson, Joab N ^a   Bekessy, Sarah ^a   Parris, Kirsten M ^b   Gordon, Ascelin ^a   Heard, Geoffrey W ^c   Wintle, Brendan A ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Climate change; Limnodynastes tasmaniensis; Predictive modelling; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FROG; HABITAT CONSERVATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; MERRI CREEK; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LIMNODYNASTES TASMANIENSIS;

EID: 84872803638     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02365.x     Document Type: Article

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