Amphibian decline or extinction? Current declines dwarf background extinction rate

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 483-491

  McCallum, Malcolm L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY TEXARKANA   (United States)

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AMPHIBIA;

EID: 35148813206     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[483:ADOECD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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