Status and trends of amphibian declines and extinctions worldwide

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5702, 2004, Pages 1783-1786

  Stuart, Simon N ^a   Chanson, Janice S ^a   Cox, Neil A ^a   Young, Bruce E ^b   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^c   Fischman, Debra L ^c   Waller, Robert W ^c  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b NatureServe ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; BIRDS; GEOGRAPHIC RANGES; MAMMALS;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION; POPULATION DECLINE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 10044220678     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1103538     Document Type: Article

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