If a frog calls in the forest: Bioacoustic monitoring reveals the breeding phenology of the endangered Richmond Range mountain frog (Philoria richmondensis)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 625-633

  Willacy, Rosalie J ^a   Mahony, Michael ^b   Newell, David A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated recording system; Bioacoustic monitoring; Gondwana rainforest; Headwater ecosystem; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOACOUSTICS; BIOMONITORING; BREEDING POPULATION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DETECTION METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; GONDWANA; HEADWATER; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIONAL PARK; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; RICHMOND RIVER;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; PHILORIA KUNDAGUNGAN; PHILORIA RICHMONDENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84940453322     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12228     Document Type: Article

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