Complexity in conservation: Lessons from the global decline of amphibian populations

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 597-608

  Blaustein, Andrew R ^a   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian population declines; Biodiversity; Chytridiomycosis; Climate change; Ozone depletion; Pathogens; Saprolegnia; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION DECLINE;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SAPROLEGNIA;

EID: 0036311462     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00352.x     Document Type: Review

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