Evaluating monitoring methods to guide adaptive management of a threatened amphibian (Litoria aurea)

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1361-1368

  Bower, Deborah S ^a   Pickett, Evan J ^a   Stockwell, Michelle P ^a   Pollard, Carla J ^a   Garnham, James I ^a   Sanders, Madeleine R ^a   Clulow, John ^a   Mahony, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Auditory; Conservation; Cost benefit analysis; Mark recapture; Tadpole; Visual encounter survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899019507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.980     Document Type: Article

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