Impending conservation crisis for Southeast Asian amphibians

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-338

  Rowley, Jodi ^a   Brown, Rafe ^b   Bain, Raoul ^c   Kusrini, Mirza ^d   Inger, Robert ^e   Stuart, Bryan ^f   Wogan, Guin ^g   Thy, Neang ^h   Chan Ard, Tanya ⁱ   Trung, Cao Tien ^j   Diesmos, Arvin ^k   Iskandar, Djoko T ^l   Lau, Michael ^m   Ming, Leong Tzi ⁿ   Makchai, Sunchai ⁱ   Truong, Nguyen Quang ^o   Phimmachak, Somphouthone ^p  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Ministry of Environment   (Cambodia)

ⁱ National Science Museum   (Thailand)

^j VINH UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^k National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^l BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^m Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden   (Hong Kong)

ⁿ National Parks Board   (Singapore)

^o INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Viet Nam)

^p National University of Laos   (Thailand)

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Author keywords

Amphibians; Conservation; Habitat loss; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 77954090836     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0793     Document Type: Article

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