Species review of amphibian extinction risks in Madagascar: Conclusions from the global amphibian assessment

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1790-1802

  Andreone, Franco ^a   Cadle, John E ^b   Cox, Neil ^c   Glaw, Frank ^d   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^e   Raxworthy, Christopher J ^f   Stuart, Simon N ^c   Vallan, Denis ^g,h   Vences, Miguel ⁱ  

^a MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^c IUCN/SSC CI/CABS Biodiversity Assessment Initiative   (United States)

^d ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h Natur Museum Luzern   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IUCN; Species risk categorization; Species status assessment

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

AMPHIBIA; MANTELLA AURANTIACA; MANTELLA COWANI; MASOALA; SCAPHIOPHRYNE;

EID: 32044434728     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00249.x     Document Type: Review

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