Global warming and amphibian extinctions in eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Laurance, William F ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Chytrid fungus; Climate change; Epidemic disease; Frog; Queensland; Rainforest; Species extinction

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DETECTION METHOD; EXTINCTION; FUNGUS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPLAND REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ATELOPUS; FUNGI; LYSAPSUS;

EID: 37849000835     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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