Evaluating ultraviolet radiation exposure with satellite data at sites of amphibian declines in Central and South America

Conservation Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 914-929

  Middleton, Elizabeth M ^a   Herman, Jay R ^a   Celarier, Edward A ^b   Wilkinson, John W ^c   Carey, Cynthia ^d   Rusin, Robert J ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Software Corporation of America   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; SATELLITE DATA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034906620     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.015004914.x     Document Type: Article

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