Complex causes of amphibian population declines

Nature

Volumn 410, Issue 6829, 2001, Pages 681-684

  Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^b   Belden, Lisa K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASES; OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMPHIBIAN POPULATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

WATER;

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TOAD; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CLIMATE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; OOMYCETES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; SAPROLEGNIA FERAX;

EID: 0035810170     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35070552     Document Type: Article

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