The global decline of reptiles, deja vu amphibians

BioScience

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 653-666

  Poppy, S ^a   Gibbons, J W ^a   Winne, C T ^a   Scott, D E ^a   Ryan, T J ^a   Buhlmann, K A ^b   Tuberville, T D ^a   Metts, B S ^a   Greene, J L ^a   Mills, T ^a   Leiden, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0033836158     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0653:tgdord]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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