Dramatic declines in neotropical salamander populations are an important part of the global amphibian crisis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3231-3236

  Rovito, Sean M ^a   Parra Olea, Gabriela ^a,b   Vásquez Almazán, Carlos R ^c   Papenfuss, Theodore J ^a   Wake, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Climate change; Elevational transect; Guatemala; Mexico; Plethodontidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUATEMALA; MEXICO; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 62549143591     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0813051106     Document Type: Article

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