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Ecology and conservation biology of the Baw Baw frog Philoria frosti (Anura: Myobatrachidae): distribution, abundance, autoecology and demography

The decline of amphibian populations around the world is a well documented phenomenon. The Baw Baw Frog Philoria frosti belongs to a group of high-elevation, mountain-top amphibians in Australia that have undergone recent population declines, but an understanding of the responsible agents is deficient or absent for most species. The inability to diagnose agents of decline has mostly been attributed to a paucity of knowledge on the natural history of these species. / The discipline of conservation biology provided a scientific basis for commencing investigation into the decline of P. frosti. This thesis examines the pattern and extent of decline, and the autoecology and demography of the species, in order to provide a basis for evaluating conceivable decline-agents, and to establish a platform to commence diagnosis of the decline. (For complete abstract open document)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/245244
CreatorsHollis, Gregory J.
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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