Amphibian declines: Future directions

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-163

  Storfer, Andrew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Metapopulation dynamics; Molecular genetics; Monitoring; Multi factorial studies

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0037336711     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2003.00014.x     Document Type: Review

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