Climate change and amphibians

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-67

  Corn, Paul Stephen ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Amphibians; Breeding phenology; Global climate change

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 30944443255     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: 1578665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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