The precarious persistence of the endangered sierra madre yellow-legged frog Rana muscosa in southern California, USA

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Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 157-164

  Backlin, Adam R ^a   Hitchcock, Cynthia J ^a   Gallegos, Elizabeth A ^a   Yee, Julie L ^a   Fisher, Robert N ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimates; amphibian decline; California; conservation; detection probability; Rana muscosa; Sierra Madre yellow legged frog

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PERSISTENCE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA MUSCOSA;

EID: 84919968540     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003060531300029X     Document Type: Article

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