Will climate change reduce the effects of a pesticide on amphibians?: Partitioning effects on exposure and susceptibility to contaminants

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 657-666

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Sesterhenn, Timothy M ^b   Stieha, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma barbouri; Amphibian decline; Atrazine; Climate change; Contaminant; Exposure; Global warming; Pollution; Susceptibility; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOXICITY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA BARBOURI; AMPHIBIA; HEXAPODA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 78650786579     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02301.x     Document Type: Article

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