Biogeographic biases in research and their consequences for linking amphibian declines to pollution

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 465-471

  Schiesari, Luis ^a   Grillitsch, Britta ^b   Grillitsch, Heinz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amphibian ecotoxicology database; Conservation; Literature review; Research biases

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATABASE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 33947526464     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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