Alien predators and amphibian declines: Review of two decades of science and the transition to conservation

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-110

  Kats, Lee B ^a   Ferrer, Ryan P ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien predators; Amphibian decline; Biological invasions; Conservation; Declining amphibian populations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR;

AMPHIBIA; ASTACOIDEA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0037335226     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2003.00013.x     Document Type: Review

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