Frogs during the flood: Differential behaviours of two amphibian species in a dryland floodplain wetland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 929-940

  Ocock, Joanne F ^a   Kingsford, Richard T ^a   Penman, Trent D ^b   Rowley, Jodi J L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Flood; Floodplain; Frog; Radio tracking; River flow

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 84909644910     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12158     Document Type: Article

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